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Mive AMES §. PUNGE as 


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BY JAMES B FINLAY, i 


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churen, the one occupied by my charge being too 
small. Part of my time has been emploved in rais- 
ing funds tor this object, and Iam pledged to see 
this infant Church through its difficulties. 

The proceeds of this work, after paying the ex- 
penses of its publication, are to be appropriated to 
a benevolent object; and I trust it may meet with 
favor among the thousands of Christian friends with 
whom in lite L have had pleasant communion, and 
with whom L hope to spend a happy eternity in tne 
commmunings of a better world. 

J.B. Pinney. 

Cincinnati, Ohio, May, 1853. 


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CUS TENTS. 


CHAPTER 1. 
His parentaze—State smd condition of the country at that day—Mis- 
sien of his tather to North amd sonth Carclinas—Civil war—Tory party— 
‘Tory M ger Patriot > Sone Ciiarhew Wi slay —Mis omether—4rraml- 


ds T he 


née in the Deetvessian Chugedy ip 


Tnether=Fx 


sition te Inenpueky—- ly 


sy the boats to Sate— Pte wi Reka We Pacer 


lis shedimetiqn--Timsiedl, ta Beasieetinty, Mites 


ea, Tobi ns carey siies —Maahe aati 


eeheny oY ote Dnebias-—“etr 
ent Pets atk. Ameiva git 
ty hese a WW anieoesl Yo beret ale Shbler span 


wh schvol—hmportance ut odaearlon+- Dans bo=t2 


CM AEE Te te. A. 


Packwecsls character lwmigration—lMatred a! the belians—-Atew an 


ation, Mn aets— A Arie “oak Devils —hieidemis—Dhalhane ol 
Y. Wwe 


Te est 0) Ce 
Litein the bavkwwords—Poest ated adits Cabrns-liaedwaobhs yous 
he Prtiio—Mode of oxtehrng—Winls wt the caniy se tthus-tmaie-<1 be 


cik—Pear—aldventure with—The deer-Tae panther—The woit--The 


Irae) hae Ossi yet Me 


Ce A eR IW 
tie coast Wiie—Land Speadetiors if Kentasky—ek Mies 


Minti a0 Mandinsthen-Expietian: i> Vie Soista seahantey Sheath 


Wah t mie Nerina pane aie it anu. dem lho Saleh 
dene y| v2 ist kta opi Aties: hie eamiles im Get List 
Wo ships eras fae Gah We For ae eer aad: Sy iy eee \{ ‘ Ao 


Piseises Or the country —Munder of an Indian -Rabbery: Lhe test tnoedl 


6 CONTENTS. 


in (iieathe-~ Fives etore—-Firat physician —Firat silotiieccsind tales 
letere-—Court—Tridl by jury—Pmancipstion of slove—Trip tn Obie 
Destivation=-Winter camps—Hardships—dndian Autidote—Fawisees for: 
lnilian Mite— Karly educetion--tndy of medicine-—Drowe of 
ney to Dewroit—Hardsbips cnconutercd... We aah nee ne sa 


CHAPTER WV, 

Backwoods Licgraply—Ceptain Cassady——Taken priecuer by that Pong 
sas—-Mereér Beason-—Nelupolicty wxd-~Baail Williame—His fegintse . 
Dancon MArthos—His chwagier as a spy—Reeponsitle officee—sehn 
M'Donsid—-4 brave imau—Bopw of ihove days—Hosxible tragedy —M Dew | 
ald jolus Warod’s arrme—Sarveying towr—Encounter with Indisne—Ma- 
thamiet dLassie’s eee; irate character—Peter Lee—Nuthaniel feasly—~ 
Wikicin Or Banioa.. ae peace Pee Peers Th tg 

GRAPT ER ¥1. —— 

Tragical oowmrrence—Death of Capt. Johw Herrod—The 
tsdrdar of Wewilhwag by Wolf—Tath of Willams—Great 
 Tectsmset—Conncil at Chilicokhe—Peace resiored-—Triats of a ‘Bete 
turer Atkinsen aad cee attacked by a bear—-Beawe core 
duct at the Qwugitlars ee pels ere eee Se ss TSS 


CHAPTER VES. 

Return to. personal. natestive—Winter spent in Sich the- Dink nie 
Holiday sports—Marringes and housekeoping—Parmiig—Huntigg—-Young 
folks of that day—Veshionable tife—-Rev, John Colline—Comatey ashooli—= 
Sabboth-Wweaking—Bear hant—Loew of propetty—Golitude of the wihla 
weed VENiee BIE &. DeAL. oe oom nacg es we aeraeineg yeeal oe oe, 


CHAPTER. VIELE. 


Kevly religious cd ucution—tsiechetical instruction—Converueiion os 
my father on clechion—Winckester’s Dieloguee—Dresbyiedanakter— Dhaka 
playing—Ilmacingy—Usrens revival of religion in Kentucky—Mastnig of 
Cane Nidge—Seesstions prodgcol—Conriction--Mayelick—Pleue Gay 
mao—Sfy corversiou—Farly axperienge-—Parsecution. from the warkd-- 
Exercises on the avbject of preaching—Awfel concinstom—Relajes ints 
tin— Aleem aod couviction occasioned pate the pccidental discharges of a 
BUD. eee keer ries seen nee a ey ee ee ee ee Uh-17% 


CHAPTER: ik. 


Awful tomptation—Rassel's Seven Sermons—Methodiss premohing—Ciass 
moeehing—Readimy the Seripigres,. and priyer——Heclamsion—Vowe ta ~ 
God—Myself and wife join the Methodint Kpiacepal Chiroh—lMeeting s¢ 
Fowler’s—-Exhortatiou—Advice of the plows, off Ucramen fiand— Test 
& meeting-houss—Onarictly mesting at Hillyboro—Rer. Jobe Kala— 
Usllad te exbori—an incidemt—Perseculion and temptation —Shreadiney 
about prescllng—Soluiesion, to the will of God... +. = 406 eT 


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8 CONTENTS. 


Advice to the rowdies—Conference at Chilicothe Bishop Asbury and the 
appoiutwents—West Wheeling cirenit—Rev. Jacob Young—Guessing 
at the numbers in society—Reman Catholic convert—Abel Sargent, 
the haleson preacher—The unhappy influence of the war spirit—Lo- 


cal acetteaunseee class-leader—Poor Jane Craig—The | law 
Jee we eh een ee ee ew ee oe ew we cee eee AGES: 
CHAPTER XY. 


Union of Barnesville and West Wheeling cireuits—Rev. Michael Fllis— 
The old German Methodist—An adventurous man—Great revival on Duck 
creek —Camp meeting at Fairview—A son of Gelial—Cross Creek cireuit— 
Nev. Archibald M’Elroy—Extent of the cirenit—Churech 
vinist controversy—Present of a handsome Dible—Irish Ridyge—Letter 
from brother M'Elroy—Rey. J.C. Hunter—Sociery at Stenbenville— 
Money mania—Bankers—Towns-—Bishop M’Kendree—His packhorse 
Arrival at the camp meeting—Methodist family at Springield—lour- 
nal—Sinithtield eee of occa pctancieeaactony at) Louis- 
ville-- teery wing ts ase. sales aang es ~ 1's GSE 


CHAPTER 2YL 

Kppousiled 46.the Ohio disttict—Retent of —Bingolar custom 42 ageal- 
ings—Fanatécism—Calvinism and Universalin—Preshyterian Union— 
Confession of Faith—Rey. Thomas Branch—Singular text—Camp meet 
ing—Hostile indications—Cuptain of banditti--Judze Cushing—A sinznu- 
Jar case—An English offieer—A verdant young missionary Quarterly 
taeeting in Major Gaylord’s barn—Dr. Bostwick—The conversion of a 
Freneh soldier—Camp meeting on Lake Erie—The conversion of —— 
itf!—Americana horritilis—Two remarkable instances of 
ference at Steubouville =A core for a talented ioe igo 


Vise ees ea ow ws AS BR OK ees BOSS OR HH Ce Oe ew 


CUAPTER BVI: 


Mode by which backwoods preachers were mannfaetured in other 
days —Camberland Presbytery —Meeting for candidates for the winistry— 
A wild mountain boy—Ilis ex perience—The geologist-—Bethel camp aneet: 
ing--The mountaliebey preacher—Another spectmen—Methediss camp 
Meeting wear Springteld—Kentueky oretor—Persenal appearanes in the 
prupit—Seyle of. s raenas Sakai over his anditors—Mike Vink, tha rm». 
borious bully, + aul erwld ee nore Tie ee Co ee et ee ee SO0-289 


CHAPTER XS YITL: 


The young missionary and the robber--The morw! eomlition <7 tse tee 
want, aa reprewoted by a certnin’ clazz—Travels of the young qileehins 
ary—Atrs of the Girand Prasrie—The appearance of 4 
siranger—The alorm of the missionary —Teken home rs the stranger 


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Avreeable surprise— His host a loeal preacher—-Ditlerent spheres of use: 


tis iis ge er oe Re hddariardi edad ao@aaum no siacds didnd oa GAS ORG aaa sais 


(eee Se te SIN. 


tor —<lochinemd Nulley--Sutmamertiohd—Cookinan—- 


Lhe Miarts co prea 
Ninian oG wes Gall to Che aainistry—Adimissimn into the traveling 


ntete Eddiste eireuit, in, South Carolimu—Strationed in the 


Cunpectio 


city of Charleston, South Carolina—Washingtom cirenit, Georgia—His 


abors—Eiturts to reach a distant appuintment—Melancholy 


RR PY Oban ae eae aus bt doa g av! wind? Se Wb sd Re OhE odie gil fo, Adee aA E BEES 
CHAT ER. Xt. 

Personal narrative continucd—Reappointed to the Ohio district—W)- 

andott Timid: 


Wis—Harly anedes of wership—Comteremce dn Cineiiancti— 


iste peta lecates to Gieneral conferetics Appointed te Lehanen, «diss 
tact=lacal preacher—Canip meeting —Camp meeting at Mechunies- 


burs—Went to General conference Discordant clements in the bedly— 


Vs pesal to taake the otlice of presiding ehber elective—Uompritise—Kew, 
ag Sees uy poSee iat Mhendree’s ri ue st Pethuss wile; ted te bast 
hisewes With free seats—Mieearcdl to be avelivis ry —shonatnrodk jag Cano pe In]eet- 
ts = ited to send wa. mitister te Detrit—Conterdmce ae Wiehe — 
Jituried ‘to Tabanon districe—birst quarterly meeting at the Miumes 
Layis—-Iasmeal journey through the black Swianp—Meetivg with the 
Weirolits at Big sprinz—Religion of the metives —Adventnraus trip to 


Detrt—Worship im the council house—Governur Cass -Soldiers awak- 


ene i tider preashing-——wther appointments Prheulty with wa Intin— 


fudion oservativn—ltrew up petition fir the Wyatwtot) metiae <hequest 


for wy appecntment at Detinit—_Nat eranted—Apratmial ta the Wyecaihoat 
Via No eke Peels. ah tinet day atissian. fi 

TEA Nook, tHe avtssien——sister Marker Stelbje—i' s 

inh Wee, eS yen, Gas Ureanaakdan ow! & sudimty lid 


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arroor ah le ts Dr Mat ee ee prem hittin ae Fon 
Nati ye tas is eek | Vas vehuge Malet CASO F ihe uy A ut 
ry Tevet, ry a Vata i, Tine. gurnieene 
Ta Mees Stk bee hee Roaayleer.. gaits ( Be gull Saray ! 
f hoes York ; Citas: - ae ee DRT olen 0 eee 3 
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qn : CONTENTS. 


station—Rov. J. F, Weight—Rer. Thos. Kine sopeilgh ital 
Western Christian Advoote-—Retarned to disule+—Appointed to Ohi, 
echhe distriot—Daytan district—A reroerksiie ie eee 
wict-—Appointed chaphun of the Ohio peajtantis r Tt “4 
potted te Telliw Sretask-Daseietrr tated RDA he, lin fe bs re d 
Chapel, Cinelsuati—Wyandott nation removed—Ketleetions—Mrs. Ca 

rine Walker's remarks and poetry Oxia te Ribas Pune one rae 


CHAPTER XXII. ‘ei 


Rev. Francis Axtury’s netted in America—His early religiuns _ 
Conversion and connestion with the Church—state ef the Charch in Eng: 
land—Early preaching— Planting of Methodism in Ameriva~Labors of 
the early bishops—Meager support-—Methadist Episcopal Church ore” 


ized—Dr. Coke aud Mr. Ashury elected folut snperintondeats—Iuterview 


of Asbury with Generel Washington—Acadomical and anllegiane- educa 
tiem—Cokestury College—-Methwlist Church asl 
visit to New Haven Colleze—A chanse—The fate of Cokes) 

and Sabbath schaols—Asbury’s spirit His seneral esperionce—His re gari 
for the preachers—Incident in his travela—Ilis amr petriga—Wes- 


Jey’s political oniuions—Death of Washington—Ashury’s | of 
Celibacy of ee eee. atid Whatenat—Close ' Ashury's 
lifes aso sene : . Pete ee ee eeee rene cree tee MSTSBUT 


CHAPTER XXIV. 


Bishop WKendreo—Camp meeting on Little Minit Aves aire 
ance of M'’Kendree—His preaching—Virst inwerview with him—Thwilliee 
incident—M'Rendree requested to preach Lis prlveiples In fall—Attacked 
by thre Preabytorian éldete—Circomstanees connected. with és aleskiow 
to the superisiendency—Description of his sermon before the muro Bans. off 
the General conference—Kiteet of that sevmon—Pradicilon af Richop ds 
bury—Twenty-seven ame a ere in all bis e@idal arte, 
Tha close of his fifa. « Qe OP ee oh Wren er ere 20 BRE 


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CHAY TER AEY. 


Rev, Devid Yoong—Hils pareniage—Rarly aun 
Wonderful presecvetion—His. educational advantages—Taaght «Gem 
nehoot ix Teoncesee-—Camboriand Preshyterisos—Meditetions—Coexia 
tions Went tx « large mecting-—Cltalued religion—Jozour emotions 
Decmna a Methodtlat preacher—Viewe of the Cane Ridge reviral—ap 
pointed tw Wayne Grenit, Koutacky—His celleagee—Total clipes digo 
pointed to Tdxingeten virwoli—Extent of—aAttinied—trlo Edie 
berying-ground-—Improper ‘cleesleadere+4m bie wey te comberenae 
fbi’ elek at cpeianeptees aaaits _—- ana perth clase 


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16 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


under the eare of the venerable and talented Dr. Wither- 
spoon, President of that institution, After having passed 
through his collegiate course, he spent several 3 years in 
studying theology, and was occasionally employed as a 
teacher of languages. Being prepared, as fur as a theo- 
logical training could prepare him, for the work of the 
ministry, he was licensed, by the Presbytery, to preach 
the Gospel. 

At that time there were great and pressing calls for 
ministerial Iabor in the new settlements of the Carolinas 
and Georgia; and, obeying the command of his Master, to 
“eo into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every 
ereature,’’ he volunteered his services as a missionary to 
that then distant field. 


The country was in an unsettled state; the gloomy 


clouds of war hung bodingly over the American horizon ; 
and although our patriot fathers had cast off their allegi- 
ance to the British crown, had struck the decisive blow, 
and erected a broad, strong platform of national independ- 
ence, yet the days of trial and conflict had not passed. 
The Red Sea had been crossed, the Rubicon had been 
passed, and their enemies overthrown like the enemies of 
ancient Israel; yet, before they could gain entire and un- 
disputed possession of the fair inheritance they claimed, 
every foe had to be vanquished. 
The times in which men live develop a ce 

character, A missionary of that day, imbued with the 
heroic spirit of the times, would not be likely to stop to 
count the eost of a perilous enterprise where the advance- 


ment of the kingdom of his Lord was concerned, but, ; 
buckling on his armor, would courageously go forth at. © 


once to * cloriows war.’ There being no inissionary 

in any of the American Churéehes ut that day, on ies 
resourees the missionary could draw the needed supplies, 
young Finley bade adiew to home and friends, and, in the 


Hg) eg 


ie she see 


Haynie 


Maes vernon 


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Pate te his 
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tit Tl, Creare, pnchuns, Wie Gospel, 


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» God for help and direc. 


ti iytsedinstrewe tale day Junkie, 


he entered wpon hits work 


tees, Sell. Settlenyeditisn va, Nowetls 


In thes titute phiees. Here he ta 


UES a4 SN the ancl et whuels 


hoahenc  iewihes,. avinosw thethar~ 
} 


ati deritbo velnaticede Inline bee xan 


ay hee 


tan ye bv ennai: Uonay ew 


Wiundiie, Sil ott dye qwrssesstims: oo, ther Delawine rien, 
Piemeeiean Nor Carlin. “Wha miafiae vies cele 
fimngs \ me LIS, wetk et, hee eA, Toe ae 
lena. I Soames. "heuer 
eine tera wath Weer Pee Kerthy yet Pury ; 
1K) wee Set PES = wren hy iis neqeliber, The Lary: 
Lote tte), cay Tey tke Bint, anesanetesl: ty. ataedye eather ys 
LOTS th. OME Sat whewee der chee ca tee 


AMR ic Rvs onions 
: tor PAN es: Aree MEY fueling of Jiu. 
Tt b; tn the hehe al de soemeies 
Heute ia he? uae peruey hires weymst the 
a edits Asda bolow the ayers. a 
\s Aone ae eophan 2 Tarathners: wry felled 
NE is } a Dy ol Ses fats Peace ee Les 
lear Necpary sites he, Le iad Sania cue Mie MGI Parr, 
i reed ine e he itty, Sie ta enone Atanas... hed 
a eo hes PRraeiese Sip wit he 
\ j Wypa ca i Nite cine ee Niro Fre 
v TOs 4 ae CGEM mor” We war 
i Dt BERS SMT. Sana Ree Yee 
ey om a jae eben greta \ 
TMM AMG ¢ + LN, Tea cM NNN 
\ Mf Waites SS Leingatres,, ane the eR WE TA 
ST DAN SOAR TSE MUR Gabe MANA heeis 


or Keep apie wir od excerimdiia- 


d 


13 AUTOBIOGRAPILY OF 


Mr. John Bradley was taken prisoner, and died on 
board a prison-ship. My father and his congregatic 
were very odious to the Tory party, and they were 
watched and waylaid on every occasion; so that their 
lives were in jeopardy every hour. Even the sanctuary 
and the family altar atlorded no security, but were ruth- 
lessly invaded by these more than savage white men. 
One of the elders of my father’s Church, while engaged 
in solemn prayer around the domestic altar, was shot 
down in the midst of his family by one of his Tory neigh- 
bors. The Tory on passing was arrested by the voice of 
prayer, and stealthily slipping to the window, which, like 
Daniel's, was open, he took a cool and deliberate aim at 
the heart of the worshiper, and his spirit fled to join the 
worshipers above. On that same morning my father 
was shot at as he stepped out of the door, the ball pass- 
ing through the clothes on his breast. Those who killed 
Mr. Francis Bradley were followed, and three of them 
killed; the other making his escape. After the war, the 
fusitive being found by my uncle Price, was summarily 
punished. 

A Tory major, who lived in the neighborhood, on a cer- 
tain oecasion collected together at one house, by stratagem, 
all the wives of the Whigs, and hung them up by the neck 
ull almost dead. This species of torture was resorted 
to for the purpose of extorting from them the place of 
their husbands’ concealment. Their love and courage 
proved entirely too strong for this trial, and not in one 
single instance was the slightest disclosure made. They 
despised alike the Tory and his threats, Some time afier 
the war, this same valorous major returned to the same 
neighborhood where he had committed the dastardly act, 
and the sons of those mothers whem he had so shame- 
fully abused took him out one night to a swamp, and 
gave him twenty lashes on his back tor every woman he 


5 


REV. JAMES BL FINLEY. 49 


fone month they woul dra every ep of 


te Atco a ella haf alates 


ros levapebient of the Gospel at that met were 
ed ty earry carnal as well as spiritual weapons. My 
ig oe the naetentty of the Agari 


; as # specimen ‘of the epie poetry of the times. 
was cpa on the batde of King’s Mountain, 


he 22, ie ast dete aie ene Cot, 
—— AN ei a eras es once, Hi 


sy ane BP earinicas heen: merrberaneeo eacrpmniatie 
sti iain Din are at nal % 
lei ent mA Ss Wad to tet tea Toad a smell : 
see Pe They left aport the place, man? 

ee Peni 2 Tories. 


90. AUTOBIOGRAPHY aF¥” 


During the eventful strugule of the Revolution, the fires 
of patviotism lowed as intensely in the hearts of the 
females as the males. Often have 1 listened, with inde- 
scribable emotions, to the patriotie songs sung Dy the me- 
jodions and sowl-inspiring voices of the patriot mothers 


and daughters of that day. ts 

One has said, let me write the songs of a try, and 
T care not who makes its laws. This pale chon 
meaning. No one ean tell the wonders achieved by the 
power of the patriotic songs of a country. It matters not 
how homely they are. If they breathe the spirit of the 
times, they touch the heart and rouse it to action. The 
“Hail Columbia’? of America, “Hail to the chief” of 
Seotland, “Britannia rules the wave’? of England, the 
“Marseilles Hymn’? of France, the “Erin go Bragh” of 
Trelind, have accomplished more in infusing patriotism 
and a military spirit into the aninds of bac ea than all 
other agencies combined. jot Se 

We well understand the power of holy sons ‘a TOUSING 
the dormant soul and raising the thoughts to heaven’ 
That inimitable poet Charles Wesley understood the power 
and influence of song, who, when asked by a dissolute 
company for a sone, and being allowed to sing one of his 


own composing, commenced, mre ont poe oP 
© Listed into the canee of sin, oe 
Why shotid a good he evil? 
Music, alas! too long has bean — 
Vress'd to obey the devil. 


Tranken, of Egha, ar lowe. tie Jay 
Tends wo the soul's undoing; « 
Widens, aud strews with Lowers the way 
Tiown ta eternal cada." % taf : a 
Sa, gentle reader, you see I fook my Wir in the storm 
of war, and my nursery tales and songs grere all vol aear, 
Often wale my precious mother would sing. te awe the 
mournful dirge oc death, hawe d seen the leave steal down 


Pe Mea eae Paes suelo ar as pes baanaey ania hele nae 


Wa Ae eee meni, 2 Deiameotingi sh kes oho rae ind ian yensine 


praia oS etal Tel eS eee ae remy iorinsy ene 


(ieee Parone We haniaistel!, Balin twee. ae Gea Ee 


Hike Sere, eee tpevia) melinimdy war ciberaeh id 
Toth Pests eb apo Ve eee ee) hee 
NOURI URS ited feos sae wn ad Darenter ta t 0) 9 ak Tc Wake Sn cr al Cearncca 
ee woe aoaeinne unl hed ") he She 7 Res 
ieee ia a te of! QnA, Thea Tee ee ie Aine se 

eS rae Nahe Si rit, mea Aa S hope flesh WO tlhe fut 
Koa Kia ioe) ean panei ae Meh ter Sara ete 


heen sia elt ay leer aor heart the pattinnoae Tove hal 


Suited: ae Seip bos, 1 ote wed, ck steestes ad 
iho Tha wise Rai Tati wig het threes 


ns eh ypett? He Rewer Gel) cer eae ala ahea: 


Hy Sheth ie Wes saan es hor pe: Pir ee Se Se Tw 


hiGitah oles ae Caan eaiaecenie Mahe, Wie SPs, pod 


MO eae Adem Uibeet she ity nse Rite 
TRUS an MS Sis SCV me a & Val WAS el 
; RCT Ie NPAT wrists Wehe limi Sire tle Sas 
! ! ene oF ra 
\ ep ae hae Les Ce Mr eh Hear Aare 


22 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


Boone; and, taking with him two of his brothers and as 
many others of the neighbors as desired to accompany 
him, he started out on a tour of exploration. It was in 
the spring of 1784 that they entered upon this expedition ; 
and, after traversing the length and breadth of the land, 
they returned in the summer, with the most glowing ac- 
counts of this terrestrial paradise, this new Canaan, ‘ flow- 
ine with milk and honey.’ No sooner had this intelli- 
gence been reecived, than many families resolved to 
emigrate. My grandparents, being too old to encounter 
the perils and fatigues of the wilderness, were not inclined 
to go: whereupon my tather yielded to their wishes, aban- 
doned his purpose of going to Kentucky, and removed 
with his parents to Virginia, and settled between the north 
and south branches of the Potomac. Here my father had 
two congregations, to whom he ministered the word of 
life. 

Not satisfied with his location, and still yearning after 
Kentucky, in the course of two years he crossed the 
Mountains, and came to George’s creck, near to where 
the town of Geneva now stands. In this place he gath- 
ered a congregation, and preached with great success and 
popularity. 

At the time my father resided in the Redstone country 
there was a great excitement in the Presbyterian Church 
about Psalmody. The introduction of Watts’s hymns was 
considered a monstrous departure from the faith of the 
Church, and, in some instances, divided Churches and 
families. My father used them alternately, and thus 
brought on him and the Rey. Joseph Smith much perse- 
eution. But the work of the Lord revived, and his power 
was greatly manifested in the awakening of sinners. I 
recollect ata sacrament held in Mr. Griflin's barn, on the 
Sabbath day, that forty persons cried aloud for mercy, 
and many of them fell to the floor. This was considered 


PE Wee Wa PEN EY, 9% 


the greatest meeting ever known in the country for the 
noise; but many of them professed to obtain religion, 
Some time after this a sacramental meeting was held at 
Laure] Hill Meeting-house, in the vicinity of Uniontown, 
as now ealled. On Saturday afternoon, my father asked 
a Methodist minister to conclude the public services by an 
exhortation. This was much Jauded by some of the old 
folks, and inquiries were made as to who he was. One 
Mr. Cree, who knew him, said that he was a Methodist. 
Then said one of the ruling men, ‘Finley has shown his 
eloven foot’ The next morning Rey. Carey Allen was to 
preach, and he saw an advertisement stuck up on the 
stand, which he took down, and read, as follows: “1 do 
here by publish the bans of marriace between Robert WW 
hinley and the Methodist preacher. Any person having 
any lawful objection let him now declare it, or forever 
attr holt bis peace.” Mr. Allow instantly exchunmed, 
with a loud voree, “1 forbid the bans: and the reason is, 


’ 


they are too near akin.’ This made many leave the con- 
gresation; but the Lord continued to pour out his Spirit, 
and many protessed to tind peace in beleving. 

My rather labored in this field for two years; but he 
was not yet satistied; Kentucky was the land of promise; 
and, aeeordinely, in the tall of 1700, when Pomona was 
pouring her mehest treasures into the lap of the husband- 
nan, he, in company with several others, ewt loose from 
their OUTLINES at the mouth of Creorie’s creck, CoG 
erate to the rich eane-brakes of Kentucky. 1] shall never 
toreet the deeply-thriliine and interestiny seene which ov- 
curred at parting. Ministers and people were collected 
torether, cand atter an exhertation and the singin of a 
hivinn, they all tell upon their knees, and cemeaged im 
ardent supplication to God, that the emierants might 
bie Pi conliarwtane 1 wml the perils of the wilderness. I. thellt 


us thouyh we were taking leave of the world. After 


24 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 
mingling tovether cur tears and prayers, the boats were 


loosed. and we floated out into the waters of the beautiful 
Ghio. Tt was a hazardous undertaking: but such was 


the insatiable desire to inherit those rieh lands, and enjoy. 


the advantaces of the wide-spreading cane-brakes, that 
many were the adventurers; and although many lost their 
lives, and others all they possessed, vet it did not for a 
moment deter others from the perilous undertaking. The 
rush to California at the present time shows what is the 
exient of hardships men, with the bare possibility: of bet- 
tering their condition, will cheerfully undergo, 

The Indians, jealous of the white man, and fearful of 
losing their immense and profitable hunting-grounds, from 
the erent Ude of emigration which was constantly pouring 
inupon them, were wrought up to the highest pitch of 
fury, and determined to guard, as far as possible, both 
passes to it; namely, the Ohie river and the Old Crab 
Orehard road, or Boone’s old) trace, leading from the 
southern portion of Kentueky to North Carotina. They 
attacked all boats they had any probability of being able 
ta take, using all the strateey of which they were masters 
to decoy them to the shore, Many boats were taken and 
many lives were lost through the deceit and treachery of 
the Indians and white spies employed by them, © 

The day on whieh the emigrants started was pleasant, 
and all mature seemed to smile upon the pioneer band 
They bad made every preparation they deemed necessary 
to defend themselves from the attack of their wily foes, 
the boat whieh led the wey as a pilot was well manned 
and armed, on which sentinels, relieved by turns, kept 
wateh day and nicht. Then followed two other boats at 
aconvenient distanee. While flowting down the riverawe 
frequently saw Indians on the banks, watehing for an op- 
pertanity to make an attack, a she 

Just below the mouth of the Great Scioto, where Une 


! 
Varwvie bet | peer a er Orig aut etry a, th hengade and Se suetiaennitig 
, ; 1 
Sp RUMEN amy Seance t st) OUT e Hebden Yale dpe luge 
: } ‘ ; 
Wit nie ME ey, BY 4 fark and a " Pree aA orgt ib? 


Nee lee Ga. Tie Die Sivtes. algkirent AS hase 
Loins aie tae “Rane Citi cat: alae 0 came Eoin. ‘Was 

eta oc bn? eae . intact. Piedinae 
Beye ks hws Wiis Le Wa RUA, Memieg 
ne eae ha et SE Strata. ak x ew mes 


Pitre ao tincd. the Tetiets attacked Aros hoe hire of 


+. ’ ) , } 24 1 
Mia Is iia, Sed wh Het peecheas dectroyed, he 
mr nies waco, havin fox all the rem fan Trae, 
avon tea leew, Nise, Ppietees Miruicehst misstmonare. wha 
Pry { maior Lc Jerri Mi i fel ro ae Ve 
\ gia i 3 Lt iii) "WTR PAS Ronan Y He Wheat 
Ua ean ia ome) aha Pot toe lek, wheter 
Migeiae attire ef ih Fa RE Ce Wace ions: ei’ Pe ~ AG 
Reais Trikes, cuiak dence thm he Whe, Pale 
im a SMe CAI A. Omer y shoe ewe Tie tee hey 
1 LY ah Te ual he ee. bet Baye Pe Arryarart ly h hen of Riceetys 
ie ei eh Penh Aer Ate Seay 
ures “emeaebhhy Lies Pie. th BOlb. roan: shew UX-= 
ea ‘ ah ee ee IRE saliored’h: Bes ice aa 
a eats i me Glow! ts be Tt : Piva rabies apie 


ve 4 aa) wh my Nes Tints, aeaat 
1] \ fina hn i ' H , 
as yh Loahice Wes toh URS: Oar ' i eS 
a ! ied Yas ee tO TESS RRA Ror eae 
1 RP ae Es t , ’ Wl we Py ! { a eae (a ioc & 
‘ 
{ SP Ga Hi Hey Bt ie me WON 2 a ! Tl ! 
; " 
(een i | Dik : k f iy i ae 
F ; 
| 1 Hee cee i 4 fas oe “ " 
; F 
i } pk? ' ee a EN Soe. ACT V 
t \ 
v eat AS Rar Shy et sin} ! SHR N 
M aM oe bin ! ti l ae ye Vie 


ees De? =i 
at ne 
. ayy ~ x ‘a ae 


26 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


landed at Limestone she took her mystic flight to a better 
world. ‘Chis was the first time | was privileged to see a 
Christian die. Her faith was strong in the God of her 
salvation; and while surrounded by her weeping friends, 
Whom she atlectionately addressed, and bidding them ali 
a dast farewell, she repeated the following si tac 


sweetly fell asleep in desus: » cone 
“Q, who can tell a Savior’s ey 4: ee dl 
Or speak of grace’s power, Seach 

4 Or benetits of the new birth, 


fn a departing hour? 
Come nigh, kind death; 
Unee lite’s thread; F 
T shall to Gnd ascends 
In joys I shall then with uit 1 dwell— 
Joys that shall never end.” ; 

The recollections of this kind water i in Israel are_ stil 
fresh in any memory. When a child she would frequently 
take me into her closet, and there, while engaged in her 
private devotions, ike Hannah of old, she would lay her 
hands on my head, and dedicate me to God. Her remains 
were commited to the dust in Maysvilic, and the Rev 
Carey Atien, of blessed memory, preached her fune 
sermon. ‘The impressions made on my veuthtul — 
the prayers and invocations of my sainted grandmot 
were never erased; and when the natural inelinntlons-O8 
my depraved heart would have led me into infidelity, her 
godly Jife and triumphant death would come to my reeol- 
leetion with irresistible power, and confirm me ou — 
trath of Christianity. 

In company with my father, and in his boat, Paes were 
two qissionaries—the Revs. Carey Allen and Robert 
Marshali—and aleo Mr. James Walsh and Mr. Richard. 
MNemar, both of whom afterward became ministers in 
the Presbyterian Chureh. As soon as my father conld 
make the necessary arrangements, he removed his family 
to the town of Washington, Mason county, Ky., and 


TOR) al AES aes REP Ea D5 a 


) 


remiiher) there during the whiter. - Lt wae im this place that 


[sie Jor tle test te Unt creat alwentirer, Sana hen 


twat, Fwas Gachy Tne titietier ayes oh tine: Dinas, dane Mat 
feos ehesamater.» Bie wie tenaletel i toe di? taal ase Ce 
(iar the iihebhans, alwams on the yas cree, 


ii hee toe ho moment Ss Wate be tlys paawt nl 


inven, be ihe protetion at the seattered! tammihes i Hee 


Wisheriess, Providence seems to have raced wo this nan 
rin spectdl purpese: aind hiswvewital Ite, atel the mane 
Wiiniics) ie, Sitwos! CoS one Rel wees, (a Wilamely Ie 


a % + , 
leu 


the greatest, penile and ugumerm, mre 


Cahier on tie fen, then fe wae chr on icporiclemor, 


1 ’ ! 1 Ce rene ee pe ramos “7% Sats dhaaes 
i ae: i N Hh a ‘ i ’ eS: Va, oLt ey nm MW bt 
i ae Opes, Se Bak wos Tera, WE 
WIRE Res Sy marT set eats tomers, Lo Shis moet 
: | 


me ioe, Caomer Kanion, with . party of mon, xtgeied 
wery amid went fo Oudiown, mow Chinenihe, fer 
[poh it mowers them: Lhe sunc—ariedd, bey 
Uo esa, A Tuc as Rane as they counl mamege, 


ieee, ete. awl. heme pursted, wheal maw the Odin 


MA Pee ware erin, gat the man acuh horses se 


capri Ctacmmel Aciviom wee then, a idsenar Ga Isawier 


SPAMS: WR Ihe aes tek lie a moto adh ach actrees 
fete beaten ot ihe sie, Smo dette, a lose aed) abe 
Weta? TRA SOMO, Ne. TON OM Te ote As Sipe Bie. 


my ie Bet. Renahrod ion, (ew pie) (awn, ah Taig PP barps.- 


fay Soar. ism Bie Kew Ss teeny ate Tey “float 


4 oe Ns 
, : ‘ ; 
\ i i t Kostuin Gan Gree denal pad Tut alt ih f 
; ye 1 , | } , 

mt ais. quae donl seine, tageahwne emdae pst alge dun 

, ives “ie COME BLN DE ene 1 Ca a cep v 
‘ ie Ae, Gail 1 +f Cr CAS ima ba ml} 
i i a ‘ Tene es 

re A = a, AN ‘ | ty MY 3 

Dstt AP es (ei ye Vi 2 eer ' Nae eres), Via) Ca COU | RS NY Fon Wie 


Ne: y a, ; 
OTHE, A, Se Paws inne, ter eemubio, ve aetna 


ge AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


to his presenee; and, not recognizing Kenton, he com 
menced abusing him in the most shameful and indignant — 
manner, eventually knocking him down. — He knew that 
the prisoner was from Kentucky, and the object of his 
crue] treatment was to frighten him into a dfsclusure of 
all he wished to know about the enemy. He inquired of 
him in relation to the number of men there were in Ken- 
tucky. ‘This the prisoner could not answer, but ran over 
the names and rank of such ofiicers as he could a 
Girty then asked : j 

© Do you know William Stewart?” 

“Perfertly weil,” schnge the PUPEOAT 5 #8 Tye dat tie Vo 
and intimate acquaintance,” a 

«Ah! what is vour name, Pe on 


ts a 

«Simon Butler;’? for that was the name a hie 
was previously known. ra 

As soon as Girty heard the name, he ikon 
agitated ; and springing from his seat, he threw Lis arms 
around Kenton’s neck, and embraced him with much 
emotion, ‘Then turning to the assembled warriers, who 
remained astonished speetators of this extraordinary scene, 
he addressed them ina short speech, which the deep ear 
estness of his tone, and the energy of his sesture, ren- 
dered eloquent. He informed them that the prisoner, 
whom they had just condemned to the stuke, was his an- 
cient comrade and bosom friend; that they bad traveled 
the same war-path, slept upen the same blanket, and 
dwelt in the same wiewam. Ile entrested tiem to have 
compassion on his feelings; to spare him the ageiy of 
witnessing the torture of an old friend, by the Lands of 
his adopted brothers; and wet to refuse so triiling a 
as the lite of a white man, to the earnest iitereessian of 
one who had proved, by three years’ faithful serviee, that 
he was sincerely mud zealously devoted to the op scxiegs 
the Indians. ates. 


mipts LA MES. Te Tae a) 
Lio shetty Wstelivierah fr ty embed. alesys: he 
vine Mies Whee Mecas Lael, saprting) csltnetiscetauiese ne! : 
ate Paar east sen quits sett. with: aviwars 
: . ee ed eta Sages. 

Sec ieas AN Piste, 1a pesto doen Hae ehaeinre 
PI Ailbe Ri Tike toremile leet? Inte ciate laawk ads 
: 

ON aeT Sparing os easeunthn ena mes Titel sole woos: pawl ! 
1! eel fe ' Rye scrasie an chute then oamaeitts 
‘ Fi 1 H ’ * 

Cpe thon,  Lher caseted aie the eirsant deedoaraas- 

orm ; : 
‘ee ower (oko awd) aah pers moh. KR RSs, 
a iat oiielial Rae ais at oe od) thea wie wa sh tha 
US ies is supawes Thak co havl a. stan wont aiear te 
aes Sey oi Rowert: dele thas taster teres Read 
j ‘ 
fewent erat ryGtade ge i. ae hajct @ i ff 
! i | nef 5 ie WRG has! i: Fat Y 5 
en cry Voi Of Uta | a a 
+ , ‘ * «} , t 
it ist ah Mee lori ce Moy cepencmey aa 
i yy gl ; ™ Fann 6 i \ 
eae conn the Riche amd lari wah 


iM bey pFTRS wey tee Dia me TA Rie ve Pe 
TER: Aula 2 RR OUENE tole 
am Ke the ofnere dik eGnecod, 


: EN ‘ rue aA pun 
af tos 1 jar l iy , eernt| 
meaouinn Kut: Sepsis ely ae tee ' 
tase Ah apa) lle Cyrn Roy ri oath i y 


DA ater Ke ha. STAW e teantes a Rs r 
: ’ 
Ste SG ATS = RA SE , ale 


ee? LR seen gat ST 4A MAE) alive IN) 


hoi ia eae | aie ch 


30 AUTORIOGRAPHY oF as 


their eves, and considered as unworthy of ened, bf ~ 
Which of their own natural warriors had been more zeal 
ous than himself? From what expedition had he ever 
shrank?—what white man had ever seen his back? 
Whose tomahawk had been bloodicr than his? He would 
say no more. Tle asked it as a iirst and last favor, as an 
evidence that they approved of his zeal and fidelity, that 
the life of his bosom friend might be spared. Fresh 
speakers arose upon exch side, and the debate was earried 
on for an hour and a half with great heat and enersy. 

During the whole of this time, Kenton’s feelings moy 
readily be imagined. He could not undersiand a syllible 
of what was said. He saw that Girty spoke with decp 
earnestness, and that the eyes of the asscmbly were often 
turned upon himself with various expressions. He felt 
satistied that his friend was pleading for his life, and that 
he was violently opposed by a large part of the couneil. 
At length the war-club was produced, and the final vere 
taken, Kenton wacched its progress with thrilling emo- 
tion-—which yielded to the most rapturous delight, as he 
pereeived that those who struck the floor of the couneil- 
house, were decidediy inferior in number to those who 
passed it in silenee. Having thas succeeded in his beney- 
lent purpose, Girty lost no time in attending to the com. 
fort of his friend. Te led him into his own wiewam, and 
from his own store gave him a pair of moeceusins and Jeg- 
wins, a breeeh-eloth, a hat, a coat, a handkerchiet one ‘Wa 
neck, and another tor his head, 

In the eourse of a few weeks, and ater spassiogs atemiglh 
some further diffientties, in which the renegalo agam 
stood by him faithiully, Kenten was sent to Detroit, fren 
which place he effected his escape and retried to Kear 
tweky. Giriy remeined with the Indians, retaining | his 
old influence, and continuing bis old eareer; and four 
years after the occurrences last detuled, in 1762, we fav! 


Lair pinion earibe Rik oie Dine | ae : 
Salty ie Mle Wap ARR) ! my. ays pink oe a: eiciate ‘ 
rasa Me we henbcel, GAY Glial sehen pl chaste Soom 
(iter mains, dian ater tien ial Cote ak hide! iat vant 
; | 
4 Ps 1 - . . ' } 1 sy 
SARE Some Sy (CMS CMU Se BEN tee RA sail Oe TCE WAR Rs See: NS 
wlimmee crane, «(ile awl iS" Gain, qareleie ten tiga 


MY by OD Midis, wis scuinion oS Kiet tee tne 
(eran, ah ny Taps mene; tout Toa voit 
ie fepmiMed m vounel ataeae Hes cliels. aid his intem- 
me hws were allways Tete to wate dallas ie Lay 
mine woes. Avene te steckems cut other. few 


image ie? as ees eae eel he stele! a“ pager Bates 


era ‘ aN at dh Ba. Ave Riot Phas Voss eRe 
4 Lied xe tm r aT yey ROU yaiey ‘< Ry uN 
ers SRS Ls pres ntm ed tit tiie s retinitis Gree, je 


1s aippesed fo bave heey. “The Tcutri- 
Liss (ih dares dc ae leinald Jt 6) above, Wake thre Lveprer toy ot Crewpord, 
ORS RSIS 

Sime taray ped the iarelarity eqemy af his pace. ane, 
in Saran teat iis earial wath, are aman aol tame cise- 
Pies i, Thetis te fs whites, till be wns foals swe 
mite at Lied ail tad Le died a. mpost nee hahily 


ue. Fane ee Ae: WS. The  taattee en met. mo betaticd 


hoi Lat Giher a “peste ce ds. Singer Rigs eran r ' 
legit ee ve | ania & tee tn golem Ghpcteen ; 
i Lae, Sie eerie. Pap dhe Ka ove Le hs 
Legcrae ae, i Mer elise teeh at Aa Me T ae 
MN ivf eat M We eae Ler: 2i Srey ae ay ey Fs F 
Cr Wey cept Ie Kan iiaky ale a 
Ty REM tet, ae allied noe acetone Tradl deen 
a hile ar Sawin “lays Wwitlrene as pn’ 3 aan 


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S2 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


Spit in a remarkable inanner.  Mitny were aw " 
and among the number were several of the Gene 
atives. Twas not lone till their awakening was followed 
by conversion, ‘The old here was a witness to these 
scenes. He Jiel faced danger and death ine every for 
with an unqualed eye and an unfaltering courage, but 
the tears and sobs of penitence, and the oer 
turous Joy from 


“Souls renewed, 
And sins forgiven,” P 

proved too strony for the hardy veteran. His Dihisteiiend 
touched, and the tear was seen to kindle the eye and stare 
down the furrow of his manly cheek. Say not the man 
of courege can wot Weep. 
~ On Monday morning he asked my faihot to ik wiek 
him to the woods. To this he readily assented, and, as 
they were passing along in silence und the song of the 
worshipers bad died upon their ears, addressing my father, 
he said, «Mr. Finley, [em going to communicate to you 
some things which Po want von te promise me you will 
never divulye.” My father replied, “If it will not affeet 
any but ourselves, then | promitse to keep it forever.” By 
this time they were far from the encampment in the 
depths ef the forest. They were alone; no eye could see 
them, and no ear could hear them, but the eye and ear of 
the great Omnipresent. Sitting dewn on a lag; the Gen 
eral commenced to tell the story of his heart amd disclose 
iis wreichedness; what a great sinner he had been, and 
how merciful was God in preserving him amet all the ean- 
(iets and dunvers of the witterness. While he thus un- 
burdened his heart and told the anguish of his sin-wounded 
spirit, his lip quivered and the tears of pentience fell team 
his weeping eyes. They beth fell to the earth aud, page 
trate, eried aiowd to God tor anerey and salvation, The 
penitent Was pointed ta desus as the almighty Savior; and 


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would be an occasion for wrest depredations on the aut 
of the Indians, it passed without any hostile invacion, | 

Twill here give an account of the nanner of abate. 
tering justice in certain cases in those times. Almost all 
new countries become places of refuge for criminals who 
flee from justice. Many of this deseription had fled from 
the older states, and had taken up their abode in Ken- 
tucky. To provide against this, the Legislature of the 
state passed what was termed the vagrant act. Lt opera- 
ted on this wise. When any person was find without 
employment or any visible means of obtaining a livell- 
hood, he was taken up, and after having been advertised 
ten days, was soil to the lighes: bidder fora short tine, 
say two or three months. Ad] that was camed above the 
necessary costs was given to him at the end of service, 
A good-looking and well-dressed man was found in the 
town ef Washington who had no employment. He was 
taken up, and, on examination, found to be a gamlder, 
who was corrupting the morals of the youth. The magis- 
trate informed him, if he did not leave the place in a short 
time he would put the law in foree against him. This 
wWarving was entirely disregarded, and sceordingly the 
gentleman was taken up and sold to a blacksmith, who 
ehained Lim to the anvil-block and made him blow and 
strike all day, and at night he was pot im the evmnig 
prison. Thus he was obliged to do the honest thoagh 
hard work of blowing and striking Wil his term expired, 
wher he left for parts unknown, with a very bad opimios 
of the law. 

If such a law were put in force in our towns wnl cities, 
the innumerable hordes of gamblers and loafers that infost 
them would seon become as searce as innsletoes im mids 
winter. 

When the fall of the vear came, we fonad ourselves 
searee OF provisions jor the coming winter; yet we were 


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working, others acted as sentinels, About the middle of 
April the Indians paid a visit te our new home. They 
came in the night. while my father was engwed in family 
prayer, and rapped, with a wiping stick, three times on 
the door. ‘The dows barked most furiously, and the time 
for prayer having ended. the time of watching having 
come, every one ol us seized our enns, and hastened to 
ow posts. ‘The night was so dark, it was impossible for 
us to diseover any one. After some time all things he- 
eame quiet without, and some Jaid themselves down to 
sleep, while others kept wateh til weleome day dispelled 
vur fears. With vreat enution the deor was unbarred 
and opened, and, on examination, the tracks of three In- 
dims were found as they passed over the newly-cleared 
field. Belleving it was the purpose of the Indians to steai 
horses, and ours being in the woods, my father took his 
rifle and went to hunt them. As he proceeded cautiously 
on his way, he came to a ridge, on ascending which he 
perceived a smoke rising up from the other side, Stealth 
ily advancing, he saw the camp of the Indians, one of 
whom was sitting up, and the ether two were Leing down, 
He crep) beck slowly, and, taking another direction, lie 
soon fownd the horses, and returned home. As soon as 
he returned, he sent to the station te give the alarm, It 
was consilered best not to go out in quest of the Ludisns 
that night, but that all should keep on the look-out, and 
thus be prepared for them shonld they meke an attack, 
That night they took six horses, and started fer the Obie 
river, which was distant about seventy miles. Ceptuin 
Cassady immediately started in pursait, and on the see 
ond Jay overtook them: but, tearful af the consequences, 
they ‘oft the horses, and dled with such eelerity that they 
were not overtaken. 

During the summer they stole several horses oi Mailed 
a few persons, but made mo formidable attack on any 


we “mora ori 


GN Cee Pour ties Teese West Ando Soe 
Tene felipe sh unsaains SAvea Rp ct td 


Livy wWivat wi spe Tail 
ie Visits tating od catepal owe, ool chawthy adler. wi 
} ie Sf ae yt se PETE Be. € eater r Pits aes Rear 
Wa oly Ve eae] 


im toarek tran thes peawenaeite, Was. that ther 


meee he owed we. Mbp raotleer, wh we 


SS A AE ee ES: eS 


tae ee awe) anaebautt he lueple she lowed Peasy { thircopae ts 
Grete Somme? atari ate i er eopioe ‘tor luv. « Pemnie teen pent 
PND, Oe ‘Sap (eo Wak, abe sunt, “Liked - Simin 


i ‘aay pray row a baurbettiak et water cna the 
ins j bye: rh. wrk cy done F SOT eR “HN 
ci Vive Siiehaal scot mined ad) hive othineekionns 


Poses, away 


Ae aeeeed the amsamethvecal aati ath eet 
pes as: She Be Ga, Bid ee RA ae, Ser Ta autre eran 
=e he ahs heat af fue ty av Bowe : tela 
hed ‘ 3 A VN ye Ha) tes Af Bh. 
\ r « Wa Hay ae eH \ iD ey 
H i ey Pah eee, ek hen eioal bal 
; ah 
ie sero teth. Cee maf Hit ee. Nae. Ki eTtee 
tite Wg rt { Uy H nae He) Re, yee ar a 
! ty Al Ri RPG ack ete Aa a EE 
; i z MIMS VIS. EGE Ieee 
Si pih a 7 i | ri yy DML totes MN Real) 
\ i i i 4 Ti 1 
pean { fT rit gt 
Rl daly al \ ' Hy C Seed RES rea Laren d t eer 


oo AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF 


and was, of course, dressed like an Indian, in coming into 
the station, saw a young lad with his gun coming toward 
him. He ran behind a tree, and made a noise ike an In- 
dian, for the purpose of frightening the boy. The boy, 
on secing this, and supposing him to be a veritable In- 
dian, also took toa tree. When the spy looked out from 
his retreat, to see the boy run, the boy, who was on the 
watch, instantly fired, and the unfortunate spy fell dead 
on the spot. A similar occurrence came very near hap- 
pening with myseif. One of our neighbors, named Jack 
Williams, had been out to watch a deer-lick. Secing me 
coming on a cow-path, for the purpose of alarming me, 
he jumped behind a tree and gave an Indian whoop, sup- 
posing L would run. 1 drew up my un, and would have 
shot him if he had not cried out for quarters, in honest 
old Anglo Saxon. He was much alarmed, and was doubt. 
less satistied that it was enurely too hazardous iv repeat 
the tick. 

We all lived in constant danger, and exposed te death; 
and although there were spies constantly ranging between 
the settlements and the Ohio river, from Limestone to Big 
Sandy, yet the Indians would come in undiscovered, and 
kill our friends, and steal the horses. We hed to depend, 
for our daily living, on the hunters, and what we eould 
hill ourselves of the wild ame. This gave me an early 
love for the chase, which grew with my growth and 
strengthened with my streneth, til L hed almost, at the 
age of sixteen, become an Indian in my hebiis and feel. 
ings. The country was infested with wolves, cd they 
were remarkably daring and impudent. They would at- 
tack grown cattle, and kili colts and two-vears old cows, 
While hunting the cows ene morning in the woods, in 
rompany wiln 2 lad a litte older than myself, we heard a 
cow beilowing at a piteous rate: and, supposing ibwes Lie 
dians trying to decoy us, we crept up with the ead ef a 


Peden! @ 2! So SNe) dine. Sy lee hadey 


St ames iis froma U}ore Wenig vil thie ahah, Ie ci Gh Gea 7 nha saw 
(Micearalinne ics. wit lo a Miro eae, amas she wes 
WS ine te fee hewsek,. anh ainsi dos. als sia 
Curie toavt ts, Wr tek te best position we eonbd, and 
risah tee ame Whe feed lee emmecert, buas tia, 


Laminin a tiured - Tie wolves inetwntdy boesed? thet 
aie, Pale dale pas, atl set wp atervibe tiowh Pear- 
h supply of this ferocious animal, we ran home, 
and rernining wir help, to sce what was done, we found 
twe, cml trouhed the other by its blood some distance. 
Sach were the denoers amd hardships te whieh we wore 
ji meV as exposed, that ny lath: sold owt has POssire- 
ie, An ewe to Bourn commit, cel sedihleel on 


Mt es. Miwa, eaaaed. thi Counce ander, This was ino the 


(ine iene! pamehaend by tay tether wae a part of am wie 
jrokereine-brake extending tor twenty miles toward what 
Was eowet the dich: Mownizdn We had to cut out roads 
gemre we ee@thl hav the lows: tw baht ower cabins, “Whe 
Me Weis Lon Mek aia! adh. that it was almost 1h} ossihie 
ler a hese or eow to pass through it. We first ewt the 
an eather it inte pam to let heotied,  “Dinis was 
arom baa, ete. “Tees et tlio Wks te pow, 
es CS aS IPN. oat 
iG estima he ashes oe wat, ARPES eed heet lise 
Lie dat. ISS. el aes deel thee Le WS ts 


ves te tay rb with tae ber shew, whieh, turnevh were 


Sie tale dak. dors & 8 Wich rns, ‘ne al Bais fivestulee 
eh Teanga? 208 Coquille wt aeladeth, Wren prospencit 


SEAT ASSIS | (oe ratatokt jes ctine (heevehs, sae cheyvietedh tar Is 


40 ATTOBIOG BAPAY OF 


in the state; and ten or twelve vouns men were edu. 
eated here who afterward became Presbyterian preachers, 
Judes Trimble snd Mills here learned their first gram- 
mar Jesson. ‘This institution flourished for a number of 
years, The subject of education was of great importance 
in the early setdement of the eountry; but its importance 
increases in proportion to its growth and advancement. 
The mind of man on his entrance into our disordered 
world, is destitute of knowledge of every kind, but is ea- 
pable of vast acquirements and prodigious expansiort; 
and on this his happiness and usefulness depend. But it 
must be acquired by education; and whatever opens the 
door to facilitate this object, will be productive of the 
greatest good, both to the individual and the community 
at large. ‘The expansion of the mind makes the man, 
therefore, this gem of the vreatest value ought to be 
sought after with interest by the whole muss of mankind; 
and, instead of pursuing, with so much avility, the things 
which belong to the body, and are only eateulated to grat 
iy the animal passions and appetites, and alone to pro- 
mote that kind of happiness which is the lowest ef which 
man is capable, the whole world, and every man and 
woman in it, ourht to regard ihe imprevement of the 
wand as the most valuable aequisition within their grasp, 
both for here and hereaiter, lr was the purpose of God, 
in the very constitution of the human mind, that he should 
be wise: and that in this consists alone his trae ereatness 
and unending, consummate felicity. On this depends the 
happiness of sorial intercourse, the enjoyments of all civil 
anid religious privileges. the advancement in the arts and 
sciences, and the commerce of the world. Indeed, it raises 
man from the eonmon level of beast and brutish enjoy. 
ments, to the exalied dignity of a rational heimg. bs it 
not for a want of a proper conception of the great warth 
of the improverent of the mind, that it is so much neg- 


REY. TAGS Ta CEST. 41 


otic ta ithe soot otter? Tons sor se chewy 
aha, bas Dee over Ree Tatil ot dani, nob has 
inh fare ot tae hathoied mollechial 
Sig amet, hone, toy tn the wierd, compare, deve felt 
ie ene tee, or Seen thy lorry ofits benchheias; 
A) Tete as wMhin The reaeh wt aul, Hea ereateg-or hess 


vo modaman, every lover et his country, every bad 
Pan wie douse Iie Ith te -encomrte and. strstanmn, 
win des Grwmmty andl be the wihweatrear ot hes chile, 
ows elheri te henieh the cursed monster jonergnee Troma 
ar hops cmameiery. Aman may boast? his perteintieny, 
L hie tants: teat love a’ ane fiee and hagdey ae 

i oe nea hwwes: bo beryl dase surd ta thee astionk 
lems most emphaiieally: eomtradie:, by las 
mms die pete, a, The all ther sich ome, ney 
De ober Lite the diswracatial appohlation wf hivp- 
Gere Wil pen make tis beast dowd. and voriierumes 
lak wee ashiwelren at Tees aed, solemn, tad vokud up, 


they are Tinie at laren, sone 
von pawl te the araprovement ot ther 


am hice the Tevet al a public seh! 


So Atonie ¢ tien Wiekers Pods were wet 2 nae ant, nis 
‘ ney baie ae ewe chet miro cith ah ats 


; : 
in 9 pasion 5 TV } matt Pad, Mukter iy 
pad ' ively mh. flose aerial. hes Aen sake Panna int 
3 my ee ! ' i i \ an pe y aes | ; 
ay ar ¥e L. Mee Sey rar Smt ita RMA, < e 
; , Taian 
, : | \ hy it ' ‘ {vk i ae 
ih, cha Ia pelos aoa? Re ie Peeing: 
! 
‘ ‘ ’ 
H n 1 : i) i aie if: ic j Vi \ 
! ae my ye i ; Mi 
, , Loney ! ' Pama | ! 
! 
ately UAC) Se RAUL WP. Ae Hae PY NCE CP ee 


42 AUTORIOGRAPAY oF 


poor, but wise, than to see hima rich fool, the butt ane 
ridieule of society. And let me ask the parents, what. 
kind of a aman do you think he would be, who would 
marry your dauchter, if a rich fool: or how mean must 
the man be, that would marry a fool for her riches? 
Make them intelligent, for men of intelligenee will seck 
such for their companions through life, 

The facilities tor edueation are now opening in almost 
every part of the country, and this invaluable fortune for 
your children can now be had on easy terms, Embrace 
it; do not curse your offspring with being the dupes and 
servants of their better-edueated fellow-citizens, An igno- 
rant man must always remain a Liliput in intellect, and 
a ‘Tom-Thumb-being in’ society, comparatively speak- 
ing. A few years since, when the subject: of instruetion 
was enjoined on cur people from the pulpit, the excuse 
then was, * We have no institution of our own: none eon- 
ventent.” Now we have gotten up several, and the hard 
tunes is now the wrand excuse; so there seems to be a 
lack of disposition, Refleet seberly on this mighty ques- 
tion, and decide on the side of duty, and not ot dollars: 
and eents; for i does appear to me, that i a poor man 
could be justified for thett on any principle whatever, it 
would be to steal to educate his children. 


art reighey icseaes aliens ad ancsas cba 
: rset the western country, denominated back- 
fie”) Te this: swhjoet: T log mier seajens will pate 
sini dhey think {indulge in a too Mighby. 
wnlory of Their charester Tan well swwre that 
‘one dequeinwed whith the seenes amd team 
these early days, will be disposed to regan a 
cof the deeds of daring amd the heroin iis. 
wir Gans pone, as the product of am exuber- 
potwot of plain, unvarnished mevdtter of faet 
dy ie nant of tha vette i Oe peint, Twill 
i he nothing shell be elrewiclad by mee whieh is 
Bot ae vetiniks hiswory of amy ly and thn Keath 
ieee “Pot the fieedign sid of wrssiment;* cowl thie fees 
‘wile? Tas peperd to comemnionns. sane samy val see 
Se eaitietad aa mxtacstlng tim Patbor, T hwe ne 
WMAP hi? Bod! thes pomsore Hived in other’ ager they 
Apa here smmkel with the deified dnrcae of antiques: 
: ke Senne ot imi ration which enuatinane fey ype ta 
; Sin the elder vies eto ait pare of tht wostera comairy, 
(RT SR ae aiitve Jemloney of tho Iedians, sind tha 
Sa gt Baste peveere to hiege ih site Som feat 
gig thos Woh being qremde wed: wolddime tivom af 
Rha easy ete grams afer tahees. very Todi 
. es Aide eM -agew the alee af atcrak Latrod to thes 
Felton Sy conidia peesonatings sil” dana iiite 


ec, ee 
a, 


red a 


a 


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44 AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF <*° 


the atiacks of the Indians upon the frontier ee 
that all the force which could be raised was not sufligient 
to repel their invesions, 

It was found to be absolutely necessary to cig: the 
policy from that of a defensive to an offensive war. Ac- 
cordingly, General Washington raised an army for the 
purpose of carrying the war into the enemy’s country. 
The command of this army was given to General Harmar, 
‘The history of this ill-fated campaign TL shall not stop here 
to rclate; suffice it to say, that it only served to whet the 
appetite of the Indians and give them a keener relish for 
decds of revenge and cruelty. Soon after followed the 
defeat of St. Clair, which added fuel to the flames; and 
the Indians, flushed with success and full of hope of being 
able finally to drive the white man from their hunting- 
grounds, made the conflict desperate indeed. It was a 
day of gloom and darkness to the white population, and 
it seemed doubtful which would vain the mastery. Hun- 
dreds of the early settlers and their families were butch- 
ered by the Indians. Many who retired for the night 
were surprised and murdered, aml the glare of their burn- 
ing habitations, shooting up amid the darkness, told the 
surrounding settlements of the work of death. 

To prevent this state of things, and as the only way to 
be secure from the surprise of the savages, the choicest 
men of the country were selected as spies. Men of the 
ureatest Integrity, courage, and activity, and who were 
well skilled in all the modes of savage warfare, were 
chosen, aud among the number L will mention the names 
of Willam Bennet, Mercer Beason, Duncan M7’ Arthur, 
Nathaniel Beasley, and Samuel Davis. These men were 
dressed ike Indians. They were to guard the posses of 
the Ohio irom Maysville to Big Sandy. Wille some of 
these were passing up the river between these twe points 
others were coming down, so that it was admost impossible 


; - 2% 
fade ies Aes. din Aer elite igi tees, Bee 
Nia ec, iN LO. St eat aiecgeray. NNe ira il 


Rik niit=> Ue TR, Sie seliwenenin wee ciel act pls 


f sont a, tite anal: “Atbasse ceigimats <ebews, wse= 
AUR ore ae Ih He ivehup. and qos cme recat 


Mine Lito ST Arie aot Dore staged af tne 
TMM Aad Vike Seo river, where Portsmwil: mow stands, 


‘the swwete amines the heattiom ta wadtels @ auerdsek, -swell 


Kinin Me tomt of the Tall. Jt as a inowr meg 


via wpe dowkd, mat be ditewrmed. disxtimatly ie wards 


et ‘i Anahine shepyark andl Weuwis cre btl aypste. tiie tek 
1] } 


Neate tte Ake Tok, iterate he hemwd fie elpoiia exch 
iy ae, tie heal) ot wihhiedy wihasthed by Daa tsead: ye fee, 


inwatlion with The smeke a! ihe awa, preventect the [odie 
item anes sehewher ly had. affeeted, hig wher, Witte 


ime «ah of ioe place, Dende rassid Tbe een saved: this 
noma the Latin ssepee) one of the simoke of lis aritle te 
tito), anil the saree felt «heat im die Seeks, Af Artie 
ieee Chunk thie trie wens ie tag qpMmch anneal ko he 


relates wees PRR. Tam. wap to whe apads beak pe Sime! 


ote mney an, Ahwese elie. diy Uieg Ate dee. tlie 


ewe hes awa aml dation! ov faba Rhye sees. 


Soe te inte the het seosoy, Dh Ahir wsht to 


Wine wl Sess Nd, <Athile Resnil tude Tienes, senletawal ogee tik Tides 
hie Ledioms tice thet sapidatiaaae Aoi 


46 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OFF ~ 4 


gun, came running to the Jick, whereupon M’ Arthur 
sprang from his hiding-place and bounded away. As he 
ran they fired upon him, and one of the balls strikiny his 
powder-horn, drove the splinters into his side, Not seeing 
him fall, they started in hot pursuit. Being exceedinely 
flect-footed, he distanced them so far that they slackened 
their pace. Tle aimed his course for the river, and find- 
ing his faithful companion waiting for him they pushed 
out into the stream.  Seareely had they reached the mid- 
dle of the stream ere they were saluted with the yell of 
the savages on the bank. Fearing they might be fired 
upon, they redoubled their energy, and the swift canoe 
sped over the surface like a bird. They soon were out of | 
the gunshot of the enemy, and reached in safety the 
other shore. 

Asa further illustration of a backwoods life, I will Suis 
give the reader an account of some deeds of noble daring 
which occurred in Ohio: 

As carly as the year 1790 the block-house and stoek- 
ade above the mouth of the Tockhockiny river was a 
frontier post for the hardy pioneers of the North-western 
territory, There nature was in her undisturbed livery 
of dark and thick forests, interspersed with green and 
flowin prairies. Then the forest had not heard pee aie 
of the woodman’s ax, nor the plow of the husban: 
opened the bosom of the earth. Then the tinea eae 
ries waved their volden bloom to the God of nature; and 
among the most luxuriant of these were those which lay 
along the Hockhocking valley, and especially that portion 
of it on which the town of Lancaster now stands. This 
place, for its beauty, its richness of soil, and pieturesque 
scenery, was selected es a location for an Indian village. 
This athorded a suitable place for the eambols of the Ine 
dian sportsman, as well as a eentral spot for bacgan 32: 
the Indian warriors. 


(aa « TAGS MR IY a TE 47 


Here the tevbes cod the west aril sooth: met to cause], 


ane pita thos, ame Wall erly, the Wwarepath om doth ren 


wecnsions, When the wear 


NINA RACOnI Pres | peat ies aay Sinisr 
Shirt novel meh’ smene those sons of matwre, ail 
Use tah hk baconeal tae ays swithbarel, aad. the Spree al 
sthieiiie. Sitatar tae. wlio Fae weed a the feel of bevrtles, Vishal 


isratt 


jineayoosnom? om LES anelal’ wsinas. sete) eadled - luadiiae Gor 


nA i Awas aseerminel at the sawreson ahowe tlre 
meth af the Dekheeking ver, that the Indians were 


his Ma, Sst 


punibers pot the purpeee of Sie A 


f the treniters. “fo tweet thas ameta, 


inh oe Mae eae Sheer gah horkeiningniie she AWwReS wits 


Pee he iii Bor movimearés. ai ints, Ses 
ier limdicten apiaiie ai 


evar Game ai tex 


iad oom att! tipase Deny dace al Teenie 


Tier tay bate af thei thoes anal foyer ogy thyeavivel 
Clete Mihnalkes Flare aud Tecate! Tithe: wilh” the 


af tae panier, aia with thetic omer 


abise, NR mien thee mach. shims hav qa oS, 
Lye eae ee tibet, Pieiewia tals CRANE, TAT 
1 aaNet ray Does Peete ant Mimi. Taman t ‘he “tetas Bett - 
: : " PET MOB I Te oS tae soe 
Ingman teeth unigen f Whease siamialt, AN a. Seog 
RCC eas » Ae cle. gat ay hard eel poy 
Peete Nhat, Bit a a ke ama ms Ne Sine x 
oh are, tite wl Mon taney SF BIT teats y 
ant aii =) tite aie Te Wales erage vitor ails 4 
ad TSH ab wep regs bol Mtl. Gea ahs Vy ww 
Tek Aina. ake SS MN net Te jeer ene igen 
[yids ok: “Rare awh rich: .Ghaimasen, i 

S , Shoah OT Wwe Thyeke. edaain Abita eas 

; wa t Ga cthck? wet camend! Cs ia i 
Pring é pit The sae » Peay Wat 


iS wpecat wily Lernible slaw, which, sithine de aca 


ae” |! en ca ne 


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7 
48 AUTOBIOGRAPAY O88 


face of Mount Pleasant, were driven back ia the various 
indentations of the surrounding hills, producing reverbera- 
tions and echoes as if ten thousand fiends were gathered 
atauniversal levee. Such yells would have struck terror 
tu the hearts of those unaccustomed to Indian revelry. 
To our spies this was but martial musie—strains which 
waked their watchfulness, and newly strung their veteran 
courage. From their early youth they had been always 
on the frontier, and were well practiced in all the subulty, 
eraft, and cunning of Indian warfare, as well as the terve- 
ity and bloodthirsty nature of Uiese savege warriors. 
They were, therefore, not likely to be insnared by their 
cunning, nor without a desperate conflict to tall Victims to 
their scalping-hnives or tomahawks. On several oeva- 
sions, small parties left the prairie and ascended the mount 
from the eastern side. On these oveasions the spies would 
hide in the deep fissures of the rocks on the west, and 
again leave their hidine-places when their — and 
unwelcome visitors had disappeared. 

For food they depended on jerked venison, diva corn 
bread, with whieh their knapsacks were well stored. 
They dare not kindle a fire, and the report of one of their 
rifles would bring upon them the entire foree of the Indi- 
ans. For drink they depended on some rain-water which 
still stood in the hollows of some of the rocks; but in a 
short time this stere was exhausted, and M’Cleland and 
White must abandon their enterprise or tind a new supply. 
To accomplish this most hagzardeus enterprise, M’ Cleland, 
being the oldest. resolved to make the attempt: and with 
his trusty rifle in his hand and their two canteens strung 
veross his shoulders, he cautiously descended, by a cireni- 
tous route, to the prairie, skirting the bills on the north, 
and under covert of the hazel thickets he reached the 
river, and tarning a bold point of a hill, be found a bean- 
tilul spring within a few feet of the river, wow huown by 


Bie. OR Ree ahd es a) 


kage lve Maes dors owen terre wal Fomrues tu aaktty te kis 
watitel Gerpamiom. It wes moar determined to Taw: a 
freshly supply et water every day, and this duty was per- 
formed. alternate i. 

On ame of tlyese oevastans, after White Tae! filled. Ins 
monteens, he sata few moments watching the linyad ele- 
frente Hhacwnie wurcliee otal the besom of the eerth, 
When the lieht seamed of footsteps emtwh? hus pretend ak a 
and dpon Garni rewnd he saw two sqrtaws within a few 
taht hate, pom tapning ate jut of the bill, the enlest 
ew orave ane of Those Tarteaching Whoasys pmeenlir te 


aniieis, = White aie eospprebended his peribors saat 


‘ean i (ioe alien shawkt peach- the eaqie oF Bown, [oo 
fae. LHe Mish metals wrassh. — Set mame year 


ion waiipoewbes join: ty vitlet.« tyttenbeee death cay abe 


SPL. tet in sel aA Marner ns, Tt peemtie, oo leyte an 
ae Gohiad. eer rapid tm thought amt prompe in ae 
fon tas Sharm whey, The heii wits the variety aor 


navag. © \Nikwke adele strane eins ite aitnaeren “gee 


: } 
qeriagt mark atewwerke with wt yt | Maa 
' ‘ 
ees Ry aR ec a EL a a mi ae oy ae 
‘ ? bY ’ 
, t ® . 4 ve 7 7 ¥ 
Hiya Ky Bh ATT ae : Poa bcd 


WS i “ASeney Male tai ate AN mete noth Saige’ ot 


iar lian havin: ah ties Biase. wel thet Lure Uaeaiiiecs earl 


D. BOCA tae a I N 
| foe at TReee t Amen iO #24 bara bv Ve aeaty 1 1 Ea F 
! 
Si shine ets. Shy, Hencaeh lets. 0 iy [reer wort 
RING diet desl pb ecrtram de: Brae walclaay mye. wad dee 7 Rsstag 


50 AUTOBIOGRAPILY Of | 


mount They nad seareely gone half way when they 
heard the alarm ery some quarter of a mile down the 
stream. Tt was supposed some party of Indians, retara- 
ing from hunting, struck the river just as the body, cot the 
sqnaw floated past. White and the girl succeeded. in 
reaching the mount, where M'Cleland had been no indif- 
ferent spectator to the sudden commotion among the Indi- 
ans. ‘Phe prairie parties of warriors were seen immedi- 
ately to suike off in every direction, and White and the 
girl had seareely arrived before a party of some twenty 
warriors had reached the eastern acelivity of the mount, 
and were cautiously and carefully keeping under cover. 
Soon the spics saw their swarthy foes as they glided trom 
wee to tree and rock to rock, ull their position was sur- 
rounded, exeept on the west perpendicular side, and all 
hope of escape was cut off In this perilous condition, 
nothing was left but to sell their lives as dear as possible, 
and this chey resolved to do, and advised the girl Wy eseape 
to the Indinns and tell them she had been taken prisoner. 
She said, Not death to me, in the presence of my own 
people, is a thousand times sweeter than captivity and 
slavery, Furnish me with a gun, and I will show you L 
ean fight as well as die. This place 1 leave hot Here | 
my bones shail lie bleaching with yours, and should cither 
af you escape you will carry the tidings ef my death to 
my few relations.’ Remonstranee proved fruitless. ‘The 
two spies quickly matured their plan of defense, and vig- 
orously coimenced the attack trom the front, where, from 
the very narrow backbone of the mount, the savages had 
toadvence in single file, and without any covert. Pagonn 
this neck the warriors availed Uhemselves of the rocks and 
trees in advancing, but in passing from one te the nthe 
they must be exposed for a short time, and a memset’ 
exposure of their swarthy forms was enough for the Wn- 
erring vitles of the spies. The Indians beimg entirely 


1 


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ko 


12, ow OY ee 
ere cai 


52 AUTTORIOGRAPHY or 


dark body fell and rolled down the steep into the valle> 
below. He had evidently reecived a death shot from some 
unknown hand. A hundred voices re-cehoed, from below, 
the terrible shout, It was evident that they had lost a 
favorite warrior as well as being disappointed, fur a ume, 
of the most important movement. A very few minutes 
proved that the advantage gained would be of short dura- 
tion; for already the spics caught a glimpse of a tall, 
swarthy warrior cauticusly advancing to the eovert so 
recently occupied by his fellow-companion. Now, too, 
the attack in front was renewed with increased fury, so as 
to require the incessant fire of both spies to prevent the 
Indians from gaining the eminence; and in a short time 
M’Cleland saw a warrior making preparations to leap to 
the fatal rock. ‘The leap was made, and the Indian turn- 
ing a somerset, his corpse rolled down the hill toward his 
former companion. Acain an unknown agent bad inter- 
posed in their behalf Chis second saeritice east dismay 
into the ranks of the assailants, and just as the sun was 
disappearing behind the western hills the foe withdrew for 
a short distance, to devise some new mode of attack. This 
respite came mos? seasonable to our spies, who had kept 
their ground and bravely maintained the unequal fight 
from nearly the middle of the day. 

Now for the first time was the virl missing; and the 
spies thoucht that through terror she had eseaped to her 
former captors, or that she had been killed daring the 
fight; but they were not long left to conjecture, The sir] 
was seen emerging from behind a rock and eotmine to em 
with a rifle in her hand. During the heat or the fight she 
saw a wartior fall who had advanced some distance hefore 
the rest, and while some of them changed their position 
she resolved at once, live or die, to possess herself ae Lis, 
gun and ammtinitien; and crouching down benesth 1 
underbrush, she crawled to the place and suceeede | | 


te ee 
on 


wih Cue 

Punta Vay 
st ’ 

ntetcwecinw Ste 


Exits ar ’ 
, 

ara’ fue. t 

} 3 

at ‘ ig 


pens , 


=. Ker kam iad watctital tay bed)-exrie ae 
bl pom, died Iiate wie ilps geapstvatows hemel ty 
noe Waters Boao Wet gest Reno Te aric 

Hoobs at the Shares tbe, and tha 
Loampeny which kuted her msther toud s4- 


ook dear arab her brother prisoners. 


iluv eet, samase: dark. ¢h Wiel Soon over. 


Tieilt enwens, aol the ements were rei 
af thunder, Darkness, deep wad 


1 - 
OF ide VETS ¥ 


ne whale hespens? this darks wrerthe em 
thelr contemplated 37 


isang 


Knew lectins. ai tape jones toes, 


itis ue aivanise went fe Seok tee ea hay 
: 2 : 
ino: et BR wh ihe parties ay oulpnsta. From 
= a 
fer harwheher ol tive dacemacn, ehe-aaerht dectiwe the 


Sepak soap) etd. Sew. a. Diese witet Ppa ret 
whined Hine ther dancer. The sues sumk-stemiy Po 
tis cane, where, lis ie viods epee, ther wetre fa 
vias Whe Sherteah wees opis lee See Dei. bore ee fh, 
Tilia Gat 6, toe the. spaet ol qpeereer ee . Deer, Pecan 
Pe ee PS ca CAOES  aupep Nin \ h BAe ache 
a a Lome. site uted, eunecardiad ner 
iu <wptis ta & shire dlstenne, whe thew dines on 
Toye qgrnnatte The vom sae gaehese tr 4 gyiaa | 
Fine Sy oun, Bede ax ho: Aad? anil ND Ul 


Wt AS Ys 
4 aly Tl Fe 
Puvned \ 


farotamind siceniey, Avion Mier tein OM a _ elo 

ye n pasate tel peor’ oe ' y Mia 
|} 

avons tek at the cgtes’ vWles wae hears te 

* | \ ‘| " ¥ NY ae 3 I tte ‘ Ke ; { 

won Beate tweed way alec tions trp aid 

mi Me, Tel papel Ho whayy Aaa Went 


a & 2a c 


ot MITORTOG RADE Y OF 


steps. A miment afterward, the girl was secosted by a 
squaw, froma an opening in her whew: she repiiet in 
the Indian language, and, without stopping, still pressed 
forward, In a short time she stopped, and assured the 
spies that the villice was now cleared, and that they lod 
passed ihe vreatest danger. She knew that every leading 
pass was vuarded saiely by the Indians, and at onee pe. 
solved to adopt the bold adventure of passiag threwgh 
the center of the village, as the least hazardous, aol the 
sequel proved the correetness of her judgement. They 
now steered a course for the Ohio river, and. efter three 
days’ travel arrived sate at the bloek-house, ‘Their es- 
erpe and adventure prevenied the Indians from their eon- 
templated attack; and the rescued girl proved to be the 
sister of the intrephd Corneal Washburn, eelebrated in the 
history of Indiwm warfare, and as the renowned se 
Captain Simon Kenion’s bloody BNentuckians.* | 

Robert M’Cleland was afterward, in 1794, a spy im 
Wayne’s army; and few men were ever his equal in ae- 
tivity, courage, and enduring perseverance; mud, as we 
are viving specimens of the buekwoodsmen, we will ful- 
low M’Cleland in the history of his Hie, as it was known 
and narrated by others. Colonel Join M’Doneldl, in lite 
Shetehes of the West, and who wus also a spy in Wayne's 
army, and personally aequainted with M’Cleland, gives 
the following account of hinr: 

General Wayne, to seeure his army from thd possibile 
ity of being ambuseaded, employed a nimebor of de best 
woodsmen the frontier aflorded to act ae spies or rangers. 
Captain Ephraim Kibby, one of the first setiters of Gos 
lambia, abore Cincinnati, commanded the principsl pubt 
of the spies. A very eifective division of the nmgrie wana 

2 na iudeboed ta Licnetat Sanderson, of Liaucncter, for this amaceelied 
unbeadlve ee oie. } 


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eral Wayne dispatched Captain Wells, M’Cleland, and 
Miller, with orders to bring into camp an Indian prisoner, 
in order that he might interrogate him as to the future 
intentions of the Indians. They proceeded with cautious 
steps through the Tndian country, crossed the St. Mary’s, 
and thence proceeded to the Auglaize river, without meet- 
ing any straggling Indian, In passing up the Auglaize 
they discovered a smoke, and, dismounting, tied their 
horses, and: proceeded cautiously to reconnoiter the ene- 
my. They found three Indians camped on a high, epen 
piece of ground, clear of brush or underwood. ‘They 
found it would be ditiewlt to approach within gunshot, 
without being discovered. At a proper distance from 
their camp, they saw the top of a tree which had been 
blown down, and full of leaves, Believing this would 
answer their purpose, and sereen them from observation, 
they returned, went round, and crept on their hands and 
Anees with the noiseless movement of the panther. The 
Indians were cngaeed roasting their venison, tubing and 
Jaughing, net dreaming that death was stealing a march 
upon them. Having arrived at the fallen tree, their mode 
of attack was soon settled. They determined to kill two 
ot the enemy, and take the third prisoner. M'Cletand, 
who was alimest as swill on foot as a deer, was to eatch 
the Indien, while to Miller and Wells was contided the 
duty of shooting the other two; one was te shoot the one 
on the right, and the other the one on the left; amd at 
the sharp eruck of their rifles, two fell; for their aim was 
atthe heart. Before the smoke af the powder had risen 
six feet, M’Cleland was running at full stretch, with tom- 
ahawh in hand, forthe Indian. The Indian bounded off 
atthe top of bis speed, down the river. Dut, eomtinuing 
in that direction, he discovered that M'Cleland would 
head him, and he turned his course. The river here diad 
a blah bank, about Wwenty feet high. When he came to 


; Rel, 
Ike TAS st ES oes TAY v4 
ra 
ok ARS RARER “Wt 
\\ VN ~ itt rd 
pS eb: LAN health it 
Ae Vea Irate: Ae 
Te Bie. dela tinea: dans 
ee ae His } ca es “7 
WW et Rak Wik te tore chien des Unwin thw 
| f ES ieee } Ey fi Se Mie - 7 ‘ 
thi te Rasen Kadl law, “Tais- dae «tik sein) eerveniicdmed 
Vie ie Hee seers, doar tiisotoes, Wels mma ke 
j <1 ; 1 bs ek As ‘ 
Vor ae ho tae hetes, cd ddsrorered, thera they wen 
Dat hake im the vad, ks the pricewuer was wow 
1 1 ’ PE p 
Ai. Misy weet cones and beth Gras Lis price oud 
o iat: wel whol! hie, — dhe aso rw slice ist 
me mesatly oe Pair sis ear leediama Ames ret Ping 
W ee Mf ao fro Teed. tee itteckew v i 
ie ‘ i mie af Powe eo I tenn : | 
vs 1 Me, Ra NY; NP LOA Be Se 0G hy - Meee Ye eatTie nw 
‘ Le 7 i ! 
eye ni ahena ee Ra ‘ bor Re eree st - ae Hel WS Elsah 
OP ee wai, Rime Sak cub. wath tye prema, ve hegaile 
\ 7 P . 
‘inci: Wie an thes aatern, Haare Mber heouiy. i 
%, Dosen gaa Come ih Was posaitie tee yriacnime teks toe 
ah : Oe WN, es A Ve, De I eRe: Se WES 
Praraynaemtise: |. Wuteetheng? iS Ip va ae et Baas oe 
a i = 
Hie an nea \ g i Die Meir or) oe ie ic Mame Hh Ab 4 Cn hes | 
‘ ! be ee Nd il : | ' i a a: i Nodd Cs 
5 RS oh Dye a ny ws wp cyl 3: hanes Mey 
MS ; Lie iy eM en im us Ne Bs 
ince UNeeet. tagtavinath, fay ucem 7 at oi sari ain aah Sa 
MM $ 5 we cee i hse Th We RESP Eth, [allen in’ 
ney alg wi Vek teri oe Sate, Tan ew ds tes 
pear a Maen Aw auEpe Eh My Mae. fn ui 
3 be yet Gi NR OAM Meg yea frmnitgs ro  Wiawepes dims 
% Ra iio hues one eres — penning 
yy emir Ali ier Wit meamstitnatie senkte lato Mel ad 
Wein: he, hee hee ed erent H SathieaNtlia oe 
fs DPS aie te, HUT teas a MP a eae eS atl 
STO. Time Iie. (iit. SSS Go Tu Ie PpPO AT, 


Hye! ADTOBRLOO RAPEY oF 


was released, and well mounted, and totem: one of 
Wells’s party. 

As soon as Captain Wells and company ek vested 
themselves and horses, they were anxious for another ad- 
venture with the red men. ‘Time without action becomes 
very irksome to such stirring spirits. Early in July they 
again left Greenville. Their company was now increased 
by the addition of Christopher Miller, Their orders were 
to bring in prisoners They pushed through the country. 
all mounted, dressed, and painted in the best Indian siyles 
Near the Auglaize, they met a single Indian, and called 
on him to surrender. This Indian, notwithstanding there 
were six to one, refused to obey: he leveled his rifle, and, 
as the whites approached, he tired, but missed his mark, 
and took tu his heels. The undergrowth of brush was so 
thick, that he gained on them. M'Cleland and Christo- — 
pher Miler dismounted, and M’Cleland soon overtook 
him. ‘The Indian, finding himself overtaken, turned, ana 
made a biow at M’Cleland with his rifle; and as M’Clel- 
and’s intention was not to kill, he kept him at bay, till 
Miller came up; then they closed in on him, and made 
him prisoner. They then returned to headquarters, at 
Fort Greenville, ‘Their prisoner was a powerful Potta- 
waiamie chief, whose prowess and couraze were seareely 
equaled. As Christopher Miller had acted his part on 
this oceasion to the satisfaction of his comrades, he had, 
es he merited, their entire confidence, 

As itis not the intention to narrate all the gets of ‘iets 
spies atiached to Wayne's army, alihoagh it would be a 
most interesting narrative to western readers, we have 
selected a few of the adventures performed by Captaia 
Wells and his intrepid companions, and especially of Rob- 
ert M’Cleland. History, in no age of the world, tur- 
ishes so many instances of repeated acts of bravery, as 
were performed by the frontier men, especially of wesierr 


BRE WeR 1 OF Saray ! 
i i 
1 eres UUNTIS - ED 2 i Samm le 
’ oa 
rer i Bia amt. ssdyey 
; ee } , 
Ganeral Warpa's eam, Wes 
‘ i 
+ bo Rah dae Cee tee gaya 


Dende feta. Gogqueged niet.  Desgorias 


Semel: ies loci: comin tee: 
ihe serene Sie Marea, ahey: Gisent 
, 
uy me the pve 
vA tint, | Ts oR \ ; ; bys 


rons’, wrbaas soy asec 


Chay surternt Pes onan Seat hee 


’ | j ane 

Sie # Ts: ad Ly y ‘ 4, 
1! wot ts 
pane wey ' ‘ uy as otk SS ’ 


: 
; Iai “ 
ua fied 1 
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ba late | > 
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wen 
ny 
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60 AUTORBIOOGORAPITY 27 


ball-room, among polished grandces, or into a ceremo- 
niows levee, to pass through unmeaning beeks, bows, and 
courtesies, The present was a scene of nature and yrati- 
tute. They all at onee entered into their leader's feel- 
ines. There never was a truly-brave man who could 
hold back his tear of sympathy at the joy, criet, or sor- 
row of his fellow-man. Lt is the timid coward who is 
crue) when he has the advantage. These hardy soldiers 
approved of the motives of their captain, threw dewn 
their 2uns and tomahawks, weat to the canoe, and shook 
hands with the trembling Indians in the most friendly 
manner, Captain Wells assured dis Indian friends they 
had nothing to fear from them, and advised them, as Gen- 
eral Wayne was coming with an overwhelming army, to 
make pesee, and his Indian father to tuhe his Sunily, ‘and 
get out of all danger, They then bid them farewell, and 
they denarted in haste. This act decs honor to the hearts 
ot these desperadoes in fight, and shows largely that 
real vratitude of heart which alone belongs to truly-brave 
men, 

Early in the month ‘of August, when the main arniy 
had arrived at the place where Fort Defianee was built, 
General Wayne wishing to know the intentions and situa- 
tion of the enemy, dispeiched Capinin Wells and his com: 
peny to bring in another prisoner. The army new lay 
within forty-five miles of the British fort at ihe mouth of 
the Maumee river, and they would not have to travel far 
til they would tind Indians. As the object wae to take 
a prisoner, i) was necessary for them to keep out of the 
way of large partes. They went cautiously down the 
Maumee til within two miles of the Brilish fort, where 
stood an Indian village. All being dressed and painted 
it Indians, they rode into the village as if they hid came 
from the fort, occasionally stopping and talking with the 
Indians in theirowo linguage Ne suspicion was wxcited, 


' ia < om A an 
Pe hte Lovins: lew appa Dain a distanced. al’ Ios 
r: "i 5 if bs " ¢ h ne fl 
Bees! Maina BG Gee he OR RUE MU OED det aT 
} | 


Nai ally Tage le Me resacaa | the hia hs Sava ies liaractiuay, the % 
imo fa eine, teak mel whe ay Dorsaliack, whe wars 
Pie? “Wom 8 Mitetiae Banecdaiom, -iiee aie atedl 
Total, SES abe empties wreiouk Peseta, “Thee 
Le Bol el ir deadyuarias, As they wie pinay 
i fie Meninge® atier datk, they oti meme w Tatge mm 


Cannes of diwlas, Vio Were meTiY athe Bee 


Ts a thet camp lives, “Their prisciers wore 
Dehot to tie Shape tier paid instant death, They 
, i pe 2 z FH aus ate * 7 + 
Re, Gti Lee can with ther prisoners ink Uney wot 
rs by - = | 

lac ean we Ape, Wwihere few Walton’ iy amneie op 
hee Logie ovina 2 War shiSwitethot tae ape 
Tvs eee eR LAMENT Lor praieers, ite lseyele Tew dhe 
ir Me: Sire Tae Awe. kp whieh mosh ahh 


f a aed Tradtiewl. werids Caen ot : 
een TOM TINS GROTED,. RA. AA lA PUSS. PU a, ie = 
ston, alt! URE alt hers Pheer taquiined whee they had heal 


i garce Wiaittine aad the torte id his acmer flow 


1, Gia Welewties She hates arent lel) Dee feos To he Tehosgs 


AF } 
PRO, aS Ty Is EYRRR Le Tose : samp anticades pe lee 
; ; Ma ovis PR Rieti, Mm. WM i toMy 
; 
a) Nas ‘ i Wy) 2 eee” ae the 1 Sas er ete Waa 
All i \ 
Bea Mi hi hag { ak i er SPIN PNeS.. f Y rae 


3 i; t ne 
aie ot Tye. eMac eis Bel maaly ay ig St 
rs + . ] + 
i Bintan Aina one gph i Howe cegt \ i ae hi 
i com ie SHS hy hs in Gea wa 1 
Ase Aa hae Y mere. te weit ) ite ns ants 
ae ‘ EON i fl ; aaa 
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62 ALTORIOGRAPRY -OF 


horse’s neck he was shot. the ball passing under his shoul- 
der-blade and coming out at the top of his shoulder 
Captain Wells was shot through the arm on which he 
earried his rifle, and it fell, The rest of the party or their 
horses received no injury. res: 
There was in this territie encounter a display of conti 
denee and self-possession almost unparalleled. They had 
escaped in so muny desperate combats that they seemed 
to be entirely iusensible to danver. As they had no rivals 
in the army, they simed to outdo all their former exploits, 
To ride into an enemy's camp and enter intu conversit- 
tion with them, without betraying the least appearance of 
trepidation or confusion, shows how well their hearts were 
stecled. Their actions of real life even rival the fietions of 
the Grecian poet. Homer sends forth bis invincible hero, 
protected by the invulnerable panoply of Jupiter, to make 
a night attack upon the enemy.  Dinmede makes the ste- 
eesstul attack upon sleeping foes. Not so with our west- 
ern heroes. They boldly went into the midst of the 
enemy while their camp fires were burnise bright and 
they were on the watch, and epenty commenced the work 
ef death. After having performed this chivalrous aet, 
they rode at full speed to where their prisoners were ted, 
mounted them on horses. and set off for Port Defiance, 
Wells and M’Cleland were severely wounded, and to 
Fort Deiianee, a distance of uhirty-live miles, they liad te 
vide before they could rest or have the aid of a surgeon. 
One of the party was dispatched at fall speed for » guard 
and surgeon. As soon as the tidings of the wounds andl 
perilous con litien of the spies resehed the tor, without a 
moment's delay a dispatch of the swiflest draguens and 
surgeon were off to meet them, Soffice it te sayy ‘that 
they arrived asiely in camp, and the wounded recovered 
im a short lime; and as the buttle was fought and a tail 
ant victory won a tew dave after, these brave and daring 


’ 


eit), be mitral thr she cele to wish babar she? 
Pecshne wi thes hire mene oar, Pekin, aad the 
ve Maas: toicernng these history te sultat; bat lke 

iota vans backwoolsmen, 1 lite, may reside 
ae doer ecbin m the dar west, tnkmewn dal wy heuy- 
operd, he been A pepe Wejis felt, uri dive Tat Iwar 
purty dima, ame dine Leth ef Aucush, PGI mow Fort 


Paavivetin, atin aomth ot the Chico tisen. Ele -was 


un tin cambat, where sixty-fieur whites weg 
ni, be pe Gf tea humdi Levinas. ~ dle toll, 
. OY 6 Whe meaty, deed. Lowering «a bade er 
ci: Nothawie -apee is aap ot> ahs 
cao talon tok Me  Dhos bake, bein. anadoe 
[TOME wisi: baal peborimdd to Se, Deets dren, dag cae- 
peo cms the timely Mommiaine. Dts haw bean ta 
dad Pace Otten, at the mod of the Culumlinm fiver, 
Shueh a tour thromeh wneultivatert, Uipenpied oceans of 
praires. weed swch Iebor throeh the tempestuous bursts of 
Stork, sheet, aah spow thet whirhed tm almost eonmmedl 
Sotoes arenas tee haehts ef teehiral rocks aps cemae 
Mths samtiry mentees, wide winter eternally Iran 

ia whit, dl Papest, as ete Oo tbe cars Saas ek a 
Waite Devine, a dis Astoria, wrems thie fu. knivumge 
ean ok MCh, lhe says tes ws a. Tere 
ie hide bere a pari water Geemsial Watigiie ite 

Riri tte, where he etimowredeedh dimen Toy jak 


ian PG rites Ee Rae DR a els: Ge SE 


ee, 


O+ AUTORTIOGRAPHY oF ‘ 


but of impetuous and, sometimes, ungovernable temper 
He was invited by Mr Hunt, the partmer of Jacob Astor, 
to join the party for the mouth of the Columbia river. 
This he did, about four hundred and fifty miles up the 
Missouri river, and for the special purpose of taking 
revenge ona party of Indians that had robbed him and 
his partner—Crooks—some time before. This robbery, 
by the Sioux, was instigated by Emanuel Lisa, the lead- 
ing partner and agent of the Missours Fur Company. 
This intelligence so roused the fiery temper of M’ Cleland, 
that he swore if he met with Lisa in the Indian country 
he would shoot him on the spot—a mode of redress per- 
jeetly in unison with the character of the man and the 
eode of honor prevalent beyond the frontier. 

L will close the history of this extraordinary man by 
giving one more specimen of his character. In returning, 
atier sufferinys almost indescribable, in passing across to 
the mouth of the Columbia river, lis fare was no better. 
In cornpany with Mr. Stewart and five others, they were 
robbed ot all their horses by the Bisekfeet Indians, in the 
fli of T6502, and had to eombar all the perils of the jour- 
ney on foot. On a certain occasion, to dvoid coming in 
contact with the pertidious savages, it was thought satest 
by all but M’Cleland, to cross some stupendous mountains 
than vo round. At this M’Cleland demurred; ond not- 
Withstanding the remonstranees of his comrades, he 
wrned a deaf ear and deft them, and teok lis own way, 
Some days ater, when they passed the tep of Une mount. 
ain, they saw M’Cieland at a distance im advance trawers- 
ing the plain, and whether he saw them or not he showed 
ne disposition to rejoin them. On the eleventh night after 
they parted, they met with signs of that wayward and 
solitary being, M’Cleiand, who wwe siill keeping ahead of 
them throwgh (hove solitary mountsina. He had en- 
camped, the might bevore. on a simall stresin, where they 


ive. AASERS ay) TI ee. a 


ial, The ombers of the hie tee whieh, le slept, sand the 
Leonie wt a inserable walt ar whink he supped. Thy 
MA whi at eon alniest atieved to death. pal with 
nos prospect et fred, they stopped te encamp, when they 
Soe Shitke at 4 distance, wieh. they haved ath poy, 
ici 22: teas ee Indian's cup, where they ra atlet 
arn sili ho provent them trom starving, ‘They 
Wisnatehbied ii wat eur comin tw roooneihar "They 
Wie Oh! @ tate tone ior iis retary, Cop time maxes mises 
me pie ee a ear, Chey Tad nok teavehed far tt 
ine oy tier mere, Wika Liaw hashed io mane, 
mt ae ie ead cba seapethine tea themebo eat; Diet 
f ties toe ie wee, “Tike spake tank asc Vc ie fore 
D Stemi: whith hed biokeon on while be Was’ Dry 
in hia Gon Samal teh. Wie the [oueus? reawehweadd thre 
meeethes tomnd the poor tellaw Iwing on wy parcel of with- 
wel BE ea ae a et ica meet port et skeleton, anil so feeble he 
Pale) sennociy pase his heal. to speck. The presence of 
hia eapminons seared to raving hin; Tt they hed 
ay canon thew hint, for they sere almost starved then- 
Riclivine, hogy? wanes dl latin, fia asd cepa Cee pay them, 


lone eiocns ties Une Wh was ithe Wain Mie Bhi was 


inn Teepe A WA gael die toi ae wed alee See lee 
: Nears RA Toews PN bie im Mittin wie tS Peat 
ue al : Pal te lle of earremes bas vil, Ae 
n iimatean Guba Sirtoeh mG. Abaya y awe dae’ 
Hiatal in Kk fe “oie Peach Rl eile 
Te Prtearhiwl Whe whee ywarke Crore 
iy = tiga hn ited i pieeel eh yrevtgcest Ihe 
bei ne SS ee i | tne ta Vy Shy iy re Var) | = ih { 
! 
fuphia’ Wher A heard” yy Pip. Choaeh aoe 
: i % Raha oe wel lati ag “hae Dh 
csr 
{ I ] ry ay) ek yl ‘ aCe ( “) +) Po Ven 


leery Co, iS set Pelee ite piel adie eo woes Spans Whe 


b 


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66 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | 


were the pioneers of the vast west, and he is a xvod spee- 
imen of all the rest. It will take many volumes to record 
the daring deeds and the indescribable sufferings of those 
who penetrated the vast wilderness which now has risen 
to aamighty empire. Their dauntless and daring spirits 
have passed off unknown, unhonored, and unregarded; a 
new race has followed after, who are now reveling in all 
the luxuries of the richest and most fertile spot on the 
vlobe. 

An ancedote is told of one of those adventurous trap- 
pers, whe had been trapping and trading for some years 
in the mountain passes, and came with his furs to tse 
Louis. He sold all his peliry and buthio-robes, and had 
received three checks on the bank. He went into the 
bank to draw his money. His dress and appearance were 
those of a backwoods trapper, and the bank room being 
filled with the gentry, they looked upon his greasy buck- 
shin hunting-shirt and leveins as though they feared he 
would touch them and spoil or soil their deheate clothing ; 
and after looking all round the room and its inmates, he 
threw down his first cheek; this was cashed. He then 
threw down his second, and then his third. The ventle- 
men began by this time to look at one another, and the 
eishier said, Where are you trom, sir?” The trapper 
replied, ‘Just from the muon, sir.’ Tlow did you get 
down, sir?” Why, J just greased my lunting-shirt, sir, 
end slid down on a rainbow.” 

Here, gentle reader, permit me to record my testimony 
with others, and say to you and to generations unborn, 
that there never lived a nobler race of men on the green 
earth, than those pioneers of the ereat valley of the Mis- 
vissippi, from Finley and Boone down to General William 
Henry Harrison, who had ihe honor and glory of closing 
ihe long and bloody Drivish and Indian war, whieh had 
aa it than titty years; and ne man, of any taste 


1 ae ‘ 
i heen ‘ t hae { ve Wa ire ee me] ' fOr 
at } } ’ 

NL ON, nel r Be! Gal ‘ Cree, ‘ Net, = Vy ! 
' 1 7 F } 
gm sea game tes MEL Spann aoe | nave Vi Hine Ses hip= 

oe ny 4 & aire am | SO. teat ie ie Cael Rel 
4 as ‘ 


elie ot Ae aioe, while fe debe Shp Gabe A 


mone, Aen, ot, eles, ao aw Seow, dread tee 
MNRAS AORN tafe labo tn nets ihe horrors wt svt Aayases sae 


HE tim, tim cistress ot: homie itn apap, he acbnares 
het cones, anil mitered with the ihn acovunts 


Chit Rae aR Gaenics tnt eat. as wre aetna Rett 


: 
SU ae aa Py : Bt RY tag GOSS ~ Co Kegel ilk 
1 ' ‘ oy ak ‘ AST lm A ‘ ter A need 
; 
= i : 5 Lae eR Mi? EPL HS vile i Pee ” 
; 
DORAR IOS ' DIMItMe Birssiom ti ae im wad: talarty, 
~ - si ~ 
\ , a F ; 
iP Ges Of Dee are Schech men mode, mr meine te 
MPIC Sue) sare “eile Say Git. OST. TE Kh aE as 
He parma, ine } v: \ 
aay ! P SRMMINOS . UR OG, PONTE, wed peak were 
Pye dae Ce CT MLO RE RE ita San lev a writs tan, teat 
Aa in oh (OOSEY WORKS Lar Weer F 
CNC, Wms SE. phy ih ROEIT Rasy Mid] ral Raa 
' ' , 
aR Dat ty fet) tna thast Grate mu as Mato. 
frais ; adh ; real j : 
H 4 vv my ! 3 | Mack Wa Ray © deh IRE Lagat SMES, 
i BOR Rath MMclere  momdt - Tne HRS RAC, Be 
( ri 
aa } lyn Talo as a Lona Vey qe Gp . 
iin Benet OPT TOE Games Weed ua i ig 
PU corn ii 1 ri im I WRG my We why ine, ie T Pb 
¥D ! | Pe MALES ob 3 i me Gag Ay 
Keune Verse Chage i NFESNE: SR em, Mi A ARR, 
WV ry a { i AI SRA } 4 : 
f heny rig tif chara fit ' " 
es Sa 3 as 
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68 AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF 


in the last war; his captain asked him, “John, ean you 
ride and carry a gun?” “I can try, sir.” Can you 
shoot, John?" 1 can ivy, sir’? Can you fight Indi- 
ans, Juin?” “1 ean try, sir,’ said the lad. At one 
time, when on a scouting party with his captain, they 
were chased by a body of Indians, and crossing a prairie 
one pressed them hard. The eaptain said, ‘John, ean 
you light off when we eet to those woods and shoot that 
Indian?’ He sprang from his horse, drew his rifle to his 
face, and fired; down fell the Indian. After they arrived 
at camp the captain called him up and said, ‘John, when 
Lenlisted you, L was afraid that you would not stand fire, 
but would run.’ John said, “I am not one of that breed, 


Ry 


Slr. 


SPY. WER Bu CTS ERT: au 


ae enartin LfT, 
i abe ext by ort Fionwoona. * 


“Tis getilers cankd mot baw sastomid themscives, 
= hain uses the wi gemma that we i hin corua 
Ses ne daate pelotipal euboletemes and this they took 
tithe yack ef ther hives, antl often semng-af them comm 
fiir seeing dent. Wild inaad,withens Aeond oF 
Rew the heis had the weeks Reether, 2 dhry 
ee eee 
ort Loria. Today ws a geod emhotiante 
Pasay che pect cag: sprite ond wheal, ie 
Sie She Bm vege ak Souk om uiNed with, 
“Mean wa 2G OCA biownsaee. On this comrse tre dhe pew 
healthy wad cheerful, No oepi= 
eee aes ee 1 ewer loemed nd thas 
Comphint w Lowis mot ton thinty: pears 
Raat fe canted oad doucn t these tacts 
diay araatd) unt tava team ceased feng 
aah toon Soc lg ets, vanok 
> ae ine’, with the oil of Ake puss amd eqs 
| iar We wih plasiee of hoinkes, wsikd seam hore 
| otiaielh iy rate. 
Rar aildrey wate det and hearty, ast Tavtig ‘haan 
fw Pimpaidins, siowtacdts, aud pantlewee. A 
ese herd tees of exer and woke grew ag ig Hibs wi 
shies Max has over tuen- peodieml. cloeey with asco 
onthen sie ta) weetaize than ts emma to tres 
wht Gleep oa hode wi’ down, and ent on flee gmc peo 
sirens: onl althdingh they ln tok she ghnaw wleantager 


Tw ALTOBIOGRAPITY OF 


of obtaining learning that the present generation have, 
yet they had this advaninge—they were sooner thrown 
upon the world, beeame aeqiuainted with men and things, 
and endrely dependent on their own resources for a living. 
A boy at the ave of sixtecu was counted aman in labor 
and hunting, and was ready to go to war; and now, one 
of that age hardly knows the road to mill or market. 
Their attire was in perfect keeping with their fare. 
The men’s apparel was mostly made of the deer’s skin. 
This, well dressed, was made into hunting-shirts, pania- 
loons, coats, waistcoats, legyins, and moeessins. The 
Women sumetimes wore petticoats made of this most com- 
mon and usetul article; and it supplied, almost univers- 
ally, the place of shoes and boots. Lf a man was blessed 
with a linsey hunting-shirt, and the ladies with linsey 
dresses, and the children with the same, it was counted 
of the first order, even if the linsey was made of the wool 
of Uie butielo, On some oceasions, the men eould pure 
chase a calico shirt; this was thought to be extra: for 
which they paid one dollar and fifty cents or two dollars 
in ekins or furs. And if a woman hl one eslico dress to 
vo abroad in, she was considered a tinely-dressed lady. 
Deer's hair or oak leaves was venerally put inte the moe- 
easing and worn in place ef stockings or socks. ‘The 
houschold furniture consisted of stools, and bedsteads: 
mide with forks driven into the ground and poles laid on 
these, with the bark of the trees, and on this beds made 
of oak leaves, or cattail stripped of and dried in the sun. 
They recked their children in a sugar trough or pack-sad- 
dle. The cooking wlensils consisted of a pot, Duich oven, 
skillet, frying pan, wooden trevs and trenchers, and boards 
raade amouth snd elesn. ‘The table was made of a bread 
siab. And with these fixtures, there never wae a heartier, 
jappier, taore hospilable or cheertul people, Their inter- 
esta Were one, and them depemlence on each other was, 


REY. FAMERS Be BISLEY. va 


dispense, sek all things were comitacn, ‘Tbses walted, 
gag vod soa on family. "They gemerciiy sacar getty 
te 1 sthe men ttom cighoeen te twenry-emte, cand the 
Sts tome sixteen to Testy, “Phe Gitieulties of ein 

| tenting the nell were nat an grew; avd, as beth paves 


a eae epartonvlod te Imagine with nothigg, Wasre Was ne Tools 


ig wat tee dakanes, or the expectation vf living wishes 
ie Aibor. ‘Vhele atiertims were perama and suerte, whick 
ao tala cidef port of them demuestla happiness, upc 
 emleard thea totems. The xpartsting lag-dies ie thin beds 
winds exh, the gaubels of halla deanw cheerfa', heulitey 
hitting ad the smiles of the hepyy wilh and another, 
ation cacthly poyndiae. Nothing seaid Mage cca 
pes ee a hokwnads weackding:.' Woot! genezeity. ll 
. themstiniharbesd, fhe oles arannd,-were invited: amd a 
Wi griecty: oe wining, thaws ‘neidd “be « Tag hiep oe bes 
samewhers mesa the cabin, Avound: these fires tho mee 
 gecaublin® wale thee niles; the worm im the cate s wn 
‘BiBhags won Dene 16 the naighbentend ke anuet he 
ei de bow stebal: ‘Che partrn, if ope cond: bo 
a Lanse the dagilos of ‘the Peven, called she aemmblp 
“Negetlar, then. the songle to be meacpied, ~ Atiar hw marae 
tpg sud tree, dart’ ld ded vised the hapery pam petealt 
- Feithoike Mit comiel he had, the bottle ymesed comes Whe 
ll, Ree eA sce to Shocking ut ww souks eye om 
- thutcavtong the fens i, sthnas tw hoiqeuimes mand jamming, 
 Reaaiiaetaie he rable cherabdarcations, tens eo wma mniniy Soate 
Arges The wim were canplaged in eonleiey. When din 
Bates rear, the goats at pemtacis a tay were bom 
TR, Deed, road aarkewe, ate. Thie henge ovec, 
 hruikaee pemmenees, and, ft ahem ts mo-atcen, In tes 
agin, Sih eraipany wepeis tear ker one ot the lag-dinss: 
Rae thay donee. al night, Aad thee shop pelle rete 
 Digpe 706 omy a the pomp? people say, and, perhaps 
‘oe Rene, night on.2 tough prelim Sm, 0) thes moe 


A ae 


72 AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF - 


casins are worn through. The next day is the infair: the 
same scenes ure again enected, when the newly-married 
pair single off to a cabin built for themselves, without 
uventy dollars’ worth of property to begin the world with, 
and live more happily than those who roll in wealth and 
fortune. = 

TL reewileet, when a boy, to heave seen a pair of those 
backwoods folks come te my father’s to eet married, 
The groom and bride had a bell on each of their horses? 
necks, and a horse-eollar made of corn-husks on exch 
horse, to pay the marriage fee. The groomsman had a 
bottle of whisky in bis hunting-shirt bosom. When they 
had centered the house, the groom asked if the parson was 
at home. My father replied that he was the parson. 
Then said the groom, ‘ May it please you, Mary M’ Lain 
and L have come to get married. Will you do it for us?” 
Yes.” rephed iny father. Well, then,” said the groom, 
“we are inja hurry.’ So the hnot was tied, and the 
groomsman pulled out his bottle ot whisky to treat the 
eompany. He then went out, and took the eolhers off 
the horses of the bride and growm, and brought them 
in as the marriage fee; and soon atter they started for 
home, in Indian fle, with the bells on their horses open, 
to heep the younger colts whieh had followed them 
together, 

The manner in which the eabins were built. | have de- 
senbed elsewhere, The chimneys were built on the insite 
of the house, by threwing on an extra log, three feet and 
a haf from the wall, on which te build the chimney; 
from this it was carried up with sficka aod elay, ty thé 
root of the house, and some two feet above it. The whole 
width of the house was occupied for a firephide, “and 
wood ten or iwelye feet long eouid be laid om} when 
barned in two in the middle, the ends could be pushed 
up, sous to keep a good fire threugh a long winter's 


PD eee 
A 


R 


ey = 


JARS Bis WES GY 


oy 


' 


was’ bavt one beel aa (he enliins i was 


nishit. Woven thor 

hoe Stn Waste Wut Wintel. tnt. dese ‘Sa ood niet = hte 
ni Wie Sere ts owed, Adel ne femes ol tin has ccbagae! 
hematin were all tathed oma, thea shane ave daicli 
Marmlirsatneccr: Tomita, «ur daa sami spread down before a 


mai ya entd, sleep sweetly as the sss af the aici 
rou aver the setises, tell the mermnae eso anmneownimted! ie 
‘Piven waape ne wwiniloiws, ume! bert ane 


seme: at aban, 


spurkling ti 


wits 


anal a blanket or bitlihe nobe to ealver wwii - 


tied 


the 


; 
mr? ins Was socially Wey A 


5 , 
Grmimnase Vig? wh Whe 


ere nae et Bae Steobes, ‘ae tee Se a Tove ees 
ot nk hee Tie Rint Seer wal sice aa g@kovnt Maca, eget, 
Tite wba Ny oh athe Wy, ve Tees! top Thine. apna. 
| : ' (ie emsister! wi terme lepert bats, ikeskegued wa 
Wires ie heh avaiee We Weonit. ae mel Gt Wass vehi. seco 
has Wo ken awl wu ht al with elapibomareds: hee iP ilies 
mei) The de wee come eare taker um parttime chown, thee lous 
hamid: al thee are sotelad clown, secu ake 
Peyciost tal malts alpratioas chia cain Mion 
Pinte ae ivi: healibies than. with stem air beiek 
isces sil Loses apo shomlst tah Gicok theme ke eh arecinat 
iow @] heath jak happeness enjoyed: hy Aba ieee: 
Ae tems tite The Leen, 
Me mot thet tho wal y Sette lig, wae Han loopy 
i ea Deiat, “Tie iii ae . ore ai 
Tovar ain ARTS AR. Newel suet Nees He aca RAT ek. Toa Oe elie a 
Biot ee -ate a Tres. hte Mh SS, Bay eRe 
Laie shit, cae Gayot “a mele | ire 
it alia panne Red ELVA came 0m Name dN ey esd 
CNet PUTS iy he Th aie Tei hiv i 
wt Lia ems GRAPES Settee 
\\ CHAS DEN! Seth y Aine Ws FAEN 
MV ae IN oh Siiats TRAE, 1S! Aisa mm ' 
opageitibes & most at Pee ich 
are ’ 1} PEt VR Mh TOS ry 


44 AUTORIGGRAPAY oF 


and considered by some as good. The flesh of the wolf 
and wild-eat was only used when deta seb nad he 
obtained. ee 

The buttale is of the kine species, with a fae | ul " 
its shoulders, generally of a dan color, with short, th 
horns. ‘The male buffalo is distinguished from thy feniate 
by having a short mane. ‘They go ustally in large droves 
or herds, feeding on cane in the winter. They frequent 
salt-licks ; and in going to and trom these pleces rar eet 
large roads. 

Butlaloes were abundant in ei: and were me 
the first setters as their most common food. ‘They have 
avery shagey or woolly skin. The wool was ofen -pun 
and woven into cloth by the wemen; and some imes it 
was mixed with raccoon fur and knit into storkings, which 
were very warm and serviceable, ‘Vhe fashionuubls elathes 
cut out of the finest Freneh and English browdelo ds. ond 
made in such a style as to provoke ihe iden that ihey 
were designed to invite instead of protee! ws trem the 
chilling blasts of winter, weuld bear no comparison win 
the warm and comfortable clothing which wis wern +t 
that day. . 

Afier the wool was taken off, the hide neil sinh - 
able purpose. Being eut into strips and twisted. it mate 
strong tugs, Which were used tor plowing. [Tt was alse 
made into plow-lines, bed-cords, ete. When dressed it 
was made into shoe-pachs, ora kind of half shoe and half 
macessip. The way of hurting the Imuffale wes os the 
following manner: A compeny was formed, well swpqind 
with dogs and guns, Being mounted. on horses, they 
started for the woods, When a herd was foundyemmof 
the company would creep up, softly and five itiso then 
midst; then the whole company would rush in wpow them 
with their dogs, which would throw them inte eowfaston, 
After all had discharged their pieces the dogs would attack 


eT 
Ese Sees fob fad 3 st 
= ee 


aN 


80 AUTOBLOGRAPHY OF 


When they are fattened on beech-nuts, the oil of this ani 
mal is the most penetrating of any in the world. The 
bear seems to be an awkward, clumsy, inactive animal; 
but this is far from being the ease, as any one has reason 
to know who has been chased by them. They can climb 
the highest trees with great facility. When lean they can 
run with great rapidity and fight with tremendous fury, 
especially when wounded or fereaved of their cubs. 
They will become immensely fat on good mast, so much 
so thai it is sometimes difficult for them to move very 
quickly. When rendered thus unwieldy, they will, by a 
peculiar instinct, seek some cave in a rock or hollow tree, 
where they will hibernate; and about the latter part of 
March, waking from their winter's sleep, they will come 
fourth to greet the opening spring. 

Should they wake at any ume during the winter, they 
will not Jeave their place, but suck their fore-paws ull they 
fall asleep ayain. After dissection, the alimentary canal 
has been found to contain from one to two wallons of oil. 
This oil is pure and unmixed. Various conjectures have 
been given to xecount for the existence of this oil: but the 
most plausible is, that it is taken up by the absorbent ves- 
sels and thrown into the canal for the purpose of supply- 
ing the wants of nature in the absence of food. It they 
have young ones they will remain longer in and about 
their winter quarters. When they come out they seck tor 
some green vegetables, especially for the nettle-weed, 
which they take as a medicine for its purgative properties, 
She bears have from one to three cubs. At first they are 
quite smedl, not much larger than a kitten. They are 
destitute of hair, and blind ul about the tenth day. Of 
all the young animals LT have ever seen they are the most 
uncomely. Notwithstanding their ungainly appearance, 
the mother is tenderly attached to her cubs, and will pro 
tect them to the last. 


a 
VEE PAS By. PISIEY. st 


~sebtom goin droves or herds, excep? in the month 
ust, at whiek: time they are considered Tey thie isan 
the net rawmens, The cubs usuaily ster with 
dims abort a year, wWheae tiny start ont to seek a 
Hhemeclvns, These animals dispiay a wonder 
cstiaet, They seem. not euly tobe enmpetend judges 
wiethe Ins? Wind of amast, bat they know exacthe whew Ac 
fie i. Mey will ap as dinwily froin one pars of she 
Sry oe ihe other, iy qucstad trod, ae though they ws. 
deste themmghiy its geugraphy. “Tvey wet with won. 
al emieeres and Hone bent fads a play where most 
i geod and. phat, all io the woods will bo agpriond 
he pee’ wer or ther.  They.cll seem to eiare at 
Si at non ease aterm, tagger inet thay all inks doa 
} uacinemanicapaainhalpaiy cat tee Thay jputter 
Ris: Pesan een nina Fens, wdech te tiie Aine Rivest 
; pies shketes seb ied Si abies Fy afl. tenes, ons 
happen to be plogiful in one your, the banter knows pre- 
cisely where te ge te dind the game, as all hind of game 
prefer the beeelonat, Sheald there he ne beech masi, 
thom he mast ao te the chestuat, ad 1 these Bal, ta the 
hited Wack oak woods. These things term part of 
the Trnstar’s starty. 
Thess etna beeame way poor in the Suetee and 
Te ah tear extuanka, Woy oan tabi. Slucuny,, eur tags, “bie 
“ homepi which, they puke inom dm gellewguaket ov 
Toniivtien They will term over lange lags iw quest ad 
GR tuk) Whe sing of the bce ers at deer theta, 
espebdly W hangey, They will get all thw hiemsy, asd 
them Taste, to a hewrwallew or «. hramely sd water, nod 
Thing Hhminserts: iio the sane, will @inws gah vid, ad 
then aetiteets,.. 1 this axiewn «f the, sen thay exieok 
thee owiws, apk hove heen, Raown tatty wit Qaege bags 
Sinmtanes they ane vhetaeed ahi they oct date a dines 
ot eg. Tastead af ranniny luey wil attack them, aus 


Re AUTOBIOGHAPERY OF + : 


frequently bruin has to run for a tree to save his lite. 
Once my comrulde in the woods heard a wonderful meso 
among a gang of hogs, and they came runnisg from all 
quarters, attracted by the grunting and squesting. He 
erept up softly to see what was the ese of all this eom- 
motion, and found that they had treed a benr, whe Tind 
stolen a pig from the gang. He shot at the bear and 
wounded him. Bruin, jietiing go all holds, fll ta the 
vround, whereupon a hot contest ensued. in whieh the 
swine were Viecorious, tearing their enemy to pieces with- 
out merey. They were also very troublesome incor eor= 
fields about rowsting-ear Gime—entering them in the wight 
and destroying the corn, They seme‘imies attsehed per 
sons and killed them. The hunter, or backwoodsrmian, for 
all backwoodsmen were huniers, made his simmer baeon 
outol bear-ment. He would take out the fat omd salt it 
if be had ealt—and then hane itup to smoke, Thefat was 
rendered into vil, which was gait dway in deer skins, aewly 
and cleanly dressed, fer the purpose This off served 
miainy valushle purpeses ta the hunter, supplying the piwee 
of butier and hog’s lard. Te could fry his venisan wand 
turkey init; aud if he had neither of these, i wae whrei- 
ishle sop for his corm-dodger: and when mixed with Mis 
jerk and parched corn, was regarded as one of the gréat- 
est delieacins of a hunter's larder, meweny 

The Gear is tunted with dogs: and 4 ee ore wall 
tramed. but few will escape. They are tevnarkably afraid 
of the doze: and as ther will altack them @o where sige 
than €t their Rind legs, which are very tender, ihey-tree 
5 BON 8% possible, a generaily temain tl) the beat 
cay come up and shoot thern. Sometimes, however: they 
wil let go and fall Diy or sixty feet without dainge theme 
selves the slightest injury. Often, when tat, they geie’a 
hole in # tree and must be serght for, A well-trained 
banter ean tell by the marks of the elaws in the bark of 


ca 


RUN. Sawee Re Maeper. pat 


Whiothieor thy beats holed ar net. A tree asp ep 

i aed Techgnd) segues dhe vans ini whiele de tw 
Ha teow shen be eae, thas Touniar tyes « fonip, 
Packs Cine spank ca nufiten wand to 1%, ellen t a 


‘aes Vis gun, and sowalts the peerage of 
stained saphena Hae hie, neh ae Be 


| eye for A swith rhinest or ern eomidnt 
with, synaw or toanahasrh. Thees sonamowie, Mis Noo Gell, bea 


ar: trek dim, witely te mall Iempting. Pom te 
eneatle: ag-and baths tdiway 5. ons 1 Chey atewnldh: thepe 
ci thie Metogy doo ras. Higa Neb iM gee cell Gah 


kya an Aaa. cane OP he feeeh warns te: 
ent mt to emi alpoometich wand sow a. heruw 
Tie sonehutedt lie cell, WE ie witht Is pry nds 
Np dadealeehy te tht rect of the tee, ba we 
franirad thats thay .down ise Brain i Te foo. 
Timetieatls invwe abiow wah Me as, bat wos 
ane Wot ted a bys ear asl wre at 
Wades: « Tike tour ton, soled Teen bp tine We ante awe 
\ dicelret i. E8 then inbe ue aiosvts. oalay ben dep the 
Pp cageree huades Bagh! thehere-ae the bons 
ha She ah work bell: bie tut, De tex siragyle dip tan 
ne Raita: bn, mad disbearenots dw Ghats his thems 

ee coipecpedetar tone grenadine Giese 
Ast onnloxte.  Anrwin: pancnand vet ptineenty) end gon 
Tater cents Siete fons hillock: ne Tegrter velevtd 
Miles Ms tiesdis eoitog vomt to thp went geleed! Meme, 


$4 AULTORIOGRAPRY oF 


“Tow do you and the bears make it??? His reply was 
“They can’t stand Kentucky play. Biting and gouging 
are too hard for them." . i, aa aie. 

The deer is the most beautiful wild animal that roams 
in American forests, ‘They change their color three times: 
a year, and every winter they east their horns. ‘The color 
they assume in the spring is red, in the fall it is blue, and 
in the winter itis gray. Their skins are the most valia- 
ble when in the red or blue. In the gray they are worth 
but litde. The meat of this animal is the sweetest and 
most easily digested of all animal food. Who does not 
hike venison? Besides, they are decidedly the cleanest of 
all animals, living entirely upon vegetables. No vegeta 
ble poison affects them, and they live all winter upon law 
rol. There is something exceedingly strange in, their canis 
mal ceonomy. They have no wall, and, therefore, do not- 
need this agent io digest their food. They herd :eore in 
the winter than in summer, The does have seldom more 
than two fuwns, whose skins are covered with white and 

cred spots. They are careful to keep from ther enemies, 
whieh are many, and among whiel: man is not the least. 
The tawns have ne seent by which they can be tracked by 
the wolf or the dow; and as the dam leaves them when 
Very young. this constitutes a great preservatives When 
they are hungry they bleat like a lamb, and the low wail 
failing upon the keen aud sensitive ear of the mother, she 
hastens te supply her voung with food, whieh. icace- ie 
complished she leaves them usin. m; 

About June they begin to fellow the doe, ial seit aay 
te run from their pursuers. The dam ds often deroved: 
and shot by the erafty bunter, whose fiwn-like bleating 
brings her immediately into his presence. The death- 
dealing ball paerces the mether’s heart, and the fawn is 
left to perish witheut ber ewe. In giving this sound of - 
distress, it often happens that other animals seeking prey 


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suraciod bap. ity, ed ncineing Ateetieat,  carsibile eos 
nite: Che dey par tier- dnt ety ee the‘ beay 
reek Hey: diesa own canis eA He Tee ohbes 


aay ant hevsing » led.of megt om cas bese we 

Yosbeureedves, While we wars och, I said 

tiem, “dink, thass logee—boting been oowip 
5 ee ae de Chongh & benr oighé #0 in. jie vein: 
: pal thodine tian bie mp?) Po? past he;  T Ahem 
c niémiss. like a teen ix digtres, amd 2e0h we herd 
fs Doria cemoking. “Haze he connee,’* erkd Tmo sure 


thes adledil: elias ee Went ataloding: he men ween die 
inh Vests cad ‘placing hie fam fost on a leg lacie’ al 


Es 


aon Hotes prope | Aad Ques .cpe af er satetmdaas 


"ARN acc tis ia isn Weg i -Vi dk, Foes 
nerds minetsouend into vinoet oi inde of elatkiong, 
anit Ree shearing sista, Welsierele, papisloom, Jogwine, 
sooecesinn, Sores, walleing Bhd, omens, 

lia, “Tones parhepe io the hedmresda Gum iMes the docet 
ete tf al-robenin. . Thadisteing of. dimer, shine aid mat 
emailing aining gamoans, Aa ose ne tthe Givin was off. ths 
spstathesk, while ws wun oud gresms 3. thee bach teas 
ee hele he. eritaiy pence, which waa-tn Gelleaas “Ries 
waliny Of alo. nivel weps died adi a koned Aatere din dee, 
yao; ay: wae pint Gets a abotiy and: maghed emt ie sousne 
) winks, @hite manda: » Kind: af sande. doas aldol. Nes sista 
tes Spb, ial ether Selng salt. oublied sine daha, ow yerd 
wong sa dry Ae possible, hae tt wg rill anc cootkead, 
eae 5 boom wads feethe parpoeg, GE Kh wan ding. © 
wee thew taken again through the sage process. with ter 


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exception that the brain water was stronger, and worked 
till it beeame soft, when it was hune up and smoked with 
rotten hickory wood tor a short time, and was then ready 
for use. The ladies had but little time to devote to mak- 
ing clothes for the ventlemen, and but lite was required, 
as the fashions were then as simple as the material out of 
which the clothes were made. They generally cut out 
the garment with a butcher-knife and used an awl in the 
place of a needle, and the sinews of the deer instead of 
thread. With this article the moccasins are always mace 
when they are made neatly, though sometinies they were 
made with a whany cut from the skin. A hunting-shirt 
made of this article will wear a long time. The hunting- 
shirt is a very comfortable garment in cold weather, and 
when worn awhile and well saturated with deers tallow 
or bear’s oil, will turn the rain like a goose’s back; and for 
the brush and green-brier there is nothing so good. 

The deer is taken by what is called still-hunting. Great 
skill is necessary in being able te find cut and aeceommo- 
date one’s self to the habits of this animal. A) skillful 
hunter ean generally tell by the weather and the direction 
of the wind, where to ge to find deer. As they are very 
wetchful, it takes a noiseless step and a good Jook-out to 
steal a march upon them. As they often go to lieks, 
hunters make blinds near by in which they conceal them- 
selves, A great many are killed at night, being deeoyed 
by the light of a fire. For this purpose a fire is builtin 
the bow of a eanoe, which is left to float down the stream. 
The hunter can steer it directly toward them. The deer 
on the shore, beeoming fascinated by the Tight, will gaze 
upon it ill the canoe comes dircetly against them. ‘This 
is generally considered an unfair way of huntine, ~~ iv is 
not used by the regular hunter, 

The panther, though much dreaded, is a fearful eatin, 
and unless wounded will run at the first appearance of 


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Coat ate anak ai iii. . eae teen ames al st 


biaiie dt letping fremr a. free open ther aietim. 


Hae a Trey nec fe Aedm@ar-liek me perth; ood « 


Phases Hie fee. Wien silliemeaiee mgr, swe ky te 


preeisten they spring fram them idmeeplace ape 


Lack a therein, agl etepine ther long olan 
oe hue thie Tiety. Shey Ipoh dena (i) chee seri oo 


Wale Wee aati “toetaetne iad wetellal: tan heey el igs 


SAMOA the ore Aone! Shier, wiley wen) texte, joke 
PA nae Kel Keay Oe sacl -ihjet 
Tie svolt ise ia srcthaniar aed Bhivvaaty it 
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fools "Wim aval, dike al weeles aotinals fis 
Nimes, 1S TER ane, salwar TP met fer Pas 
mnatiaie State wa Atari, wall seat al ‘ 
ives hort tr Raid a! inaimetios chalowi, AV hie 
no Wipeiation wh aaekine Vhear quay, Clary 
fie most tepritio save Tidwasris: teow are (dts ont 
Dike Swoly waist Twila te make vere ches 


Tre omen ‘ioe situ a= amr Sak Tenis, ation 


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94 AUTOBIOGRAPAY OF 


and it was universally current, always being considered a 
lawful tender. Four eoon-shins were considered a doiber, 
and such were vastly more valuable than an Owl Creek 
or Red Dog bank note, which often proved, to the pos- 
sessor, to be of no more value than arag. The coon is 
domesticated with little lubor, but he is quite mischievous 
as well as cunning and shy. Coons live on mast, and 
sometimes on flesh. They are great lovers of poultry, 
and understand well the art of robbing a hen-roost, They 
are fond alse, like the Frenchman, of frogs, which they 
catch with ereat dexterity, and which they prepare for 
their meals with all the niecty of an epicurean. They are 
fond also of eorn, and will enter the field and help them- 
selves bountifully. Many were the sports, in an early day, 
connected with coon-hunting. ‘They are a nocturnal ani- 
mal, and hence they are hunted in the night. Dogs, well 
trained to the business, wili find them and tree them, 
When this is accomplished, the next thing is to cut down 
the tree or send up some one te shake them oi Many 
are the anecdotes that are told of coon-hunters. A laugh- 
able ene is related of a clerical friend of mine during his 
younger days. Tle was out with a party one night eoon- 
hunting, and the dogs having treed an old coon, it was 
determined, by the party, that our friend should climb the 
tree and shake him off, so that the dogs might extch him. 
Accordingly he ascended, and stealing softly from branch 
to branch, in seareh ot the coon, he finaly espied hina 
snugly enseonsed on one of the topmost branches, a some. 
what interested spectator of the secne which was transact- 
ing below. Proeveding cautiously, he reaehed die limb 
below that on whieh was the coon. Raising himself ap 
for the purpose of reaching the limb which he intended to 
shake, the one on which die stood was heard to erack and 
began to give way. He was now thirty feet from the 
ground. Aware of his perilous conditien, he cried out to 


REY. Sh iewe Wy Piety. Bi 


fines below, Tn titting,” Seelia his dangur, 
i menting -eraretly Mess that a inashe cand: sure 
‘trea Aeaits, they Leeomght his toe pray. 4a.” 
#, herent tees) heapih preg. Bak pe 
go TF pee Gl, ie etl hs Med > Ee thoes, 
tepativg the wale proper it ie: * Now I 
pio slime Det he could prmoetl nw farther, 
mug et the Hanky inticabhd -ite epoely emeptince 
unk, apt he ered cot at the loool bie Felice, 
a inde; Tm coming.” And ame «mong, dows 
A bt rts wind. thee doge, btudeiige 4 tx luw-thon 
REN were with WiGiewky restrained thom wetackiag tee 
Rete clintae whe was considerate soumaed ty the fall, 
Btn sv winatned perinteaion trom ‘his mnnadee tue shine 


lea a 


martin one wiht, wad oa ewtimg Wie minster. ta” 


eming. whe wea wexiow io know chart hie mushese, 
‘Haled ‘tw titesing: “Mell, mace, pow Kwaw # weed 
apa ‘pod 1 viebs ag Gx ehtke Your vl diy Mark, 
SREY yo Uy ie, Woatar te choke, Bed? peasy I 
tae etegwilinig dvap, wad what dows gna think yowee, 
Sy, the cook Go he ame.’ ~ oe 38 armas, 
a Hie bern wigga* * Tt: eopenes abies, ioebenel 
gifting ol the 200, bevshoab:-binest? of 
ouitiine Gre somidtimen-aawsks ie traps add) dpadtills, 
© Geta wi rometines make o. great wong, anil yin 
mad twice a week tw euminiag Unbin, Sad’ iy Sat comp 
ties trons sow Betwoy aha See. esther pinw fo 
“ROS Take fa eho (tl, whiclh te) ay ment bre baci; 
"BE eae: by-setog Gre 50 the demi by ain 
wnwcien ef coraral milage, Aw Shie flor acvamnse 
“Wosecll thee otenie, by akived thie cone wpe tia meen, ed 
Hs ina” Gadi Aion paran uve Helen tegrether fair what 
~ debited! acvoundh, aches thar. enw shot: * A 
She ppeesins. Sanne andl dame same, “LP qe 
- Sigike War he will welt aived, tank appar ag Hf dead, von 


: ca 


96 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


as soon as you leave him he starts up and hastens to his 
den. His tail is entirely bare, and serves many good pur: 
poses to the animal. He is not casily shaken off a tree, 
like the coon, but clings to it with the greatest tenacity, 
winding his tail around the limb, and defying all efforts to 
shake him down, A’ hard-shell Baptist: preacher onee 
introdueed this animal into his discourse, to illustrate the 
doctrine of final perseverance. The female opossum has 
a kind of sack, in whieh she carries her youns. The 
flesh of this animal is like that of the youns pig: the oil 
ix abundant, and answers well to burn in lamps, or grease 
harness. The flesh of the opossum and new corn mush 
was considercd a most delicate dish among backwoods 
families. Their skins, when dressed, are as white as the 
skin of the eheuois, and make fine gloves for siaeaiianis 
ladies. 

A hunter’s life is one of constant excitement. care 
always on the look-out, and tilled with constant expecta: 
tion. His narratives always possess a thrilling interest, 
and are listened to with the ereatest attention. Lis wants 
are but few, and he is net disturbed with eankerine care 
about the future. TEs employment does not lead him to 
eovetousness, and he is always characterized by a gener- 
ous hospitality. Elis hut or cabin is always a sure asylum 
for the hungry and destitute. Who ever erossed its, 
threshold, and was turned away unfed and uneared tor? 
The poor and the stranger will feel much better in the 
Jos-cabin, partaking of its hospitaliies by a cheertul tire, 
than when surrounded by the eold eostesint of a nabeb's 
table. With these sons and danghters of neture will be 
found the genuine hospoouities of nature's noblemen. 

To will close this chapter with a few remarks on the 
dress of these days. The backwoodsmean usually wore a 
hunting-shirt and trowsers made of buekskin, and moe- 
easins of the same material iLis cap was made of eoon- 


PE. GASB: Hes Genes ik F ; uae 
(any é i t) ae a foi sit Tt £ r ape 
hhh Taha SOR Te i Wats! oY ocsleratel WNC. ih WRN SS eG. ait 


vie ieee! TY Nee AMY, “ar senetiiaes. tinwaineivin. 


AL tien: See, Dower, ies pcs fa Ue nadia 
NE, PSS OF Eye pelle, 

Anon? the padel tnowbich the Batch farces at Ywork- 
teaim sommndersd, the colomsis wen’ cn a copmplets state 


Of, CSIC, Comuneree bey 


, 
s 


pies orem token «by the. Amerinun aauscrs, bxonglt. tn, 


an ie weve, - Monat ayaa 


otic. sh coil Mawar uncstchan ceesiie, oradkdy 


iuitin swine tuo the probe Of the Renneke, daw, 
iia stb Miner pas nl deeivwndine esl RP Gana 

Pe fel Dechy in from Acted Ms oar ieee Hie - ie 

Taal by Se wee Lj Satie, ae Pisani 
ya Stats AR seen aS: raat ke = wt 
eerste {fs hit “RPA S, ND er ae ie SOY = 
Tne vi > Rae ewrs Oo .Y 


hitmen Satin ae Ramee Sa ON Cae 
stiges Gitte imewsNre: gees we the jerenhas, Ae ave: Te 
ovine om ewak toteenendl, aml ip many oiler qua 
hots: Sains amt ocinehom wae Sande Seoankipe 
la genaminmaed:. coal: ales aie teamalet weet Geth: moe 


| , ni ‘a . . ' + a 3 . 
ahikent fr Aine. wie oof Chaar ky mie, aataroniern! 


qi 1 
We dat i Cee CT Posie SUNG, ht GONG MET RC. Teche rll ' e 
eae C i ! t ‘ | i Ain 
Viel eb as “1 Teles eile AoW I ’ i pai lb 
Pr : 
ine Lip me 2B ae ea nS att : ’ " it 
Rociish wcen last tp, Oi modified ‘>! ; 
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ie i hist he WE sn ! 
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rie Dy ing Te) ORM ae Ch ae a Ol ol P 
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I | ‘ eR ar oe vs Wek. ‘ Tis es 
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Wd AMS a hint is ah Hy wy ea ‘oo y i 
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98 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


ina hard knot on the nape of the neek, or plaited ana 
contined on the top of the head; and their toilet was 
completed either with or without a coarse neckerehies. 
The dress on gala days of these who moved in the higher 
cireles of socicty also varied. Their shoes differed from 
those worn by ladies of the present day in this: they_ 
had high heels, Those heels were made of wood, beau- 
tifully tapered, neatly covered with leather, and varied in 
hight from one to two inches. The under clothing was 
contined by stays, tightly laced. The outer covering was 
composed of the richest brocade, or other silks and satins, 
and stomacher, neckerchief, gloves, rings, and ruffles in 
profusion. The hair was combed forward, and a cushion, 
suited to the form of the head, varying from three to six 
inches in hight, was placed upon the top of the head, 
over which the hair was neatly spread, and fastened be- 
hind with a comb and ribbons, by which a rich, towering 
plume of feathers was also fastened. A lady in full dress, 
entering a drawing-room, would appear to be as tall as a 
May-pole, if not as cadaverous as a death’s head. The 
bonnet was of enormous size, and usually measured from 
three to three and a half fect in cireumference, Hence, 
avainst the form of dressing here indicated, the rule in 
the Methodist Discipline was framed: “Give no. tickets 
to any who wear high heads, enormous bonnets, ruffles, 
or rings.’ The rule has become a dead letter among 
preachers and people. | 


: GLY, ARS B. PINEEY.- ory 
eal ia 


oe stank Phe: 
. . wee aw! ae: 
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Ales, i A 
eis CHAPTER FY. 
earner on 


in WH 60 chs NARBATIVE COSTISTED, 


ds the summer of 1704 General Wayne crossed the 
saiohsins ish an army, for the purpose ef quelling the 
fia. Adter a sweecesfnl hatile, in which “Mad An 
dhoeve. as the Trdians termed him, heeame w terper te aly 
tie babes, he wae enabled te effect a Geaty with thon 
Crmavitie This eave ihe aunty tet aud quiet dun 
the heaawes of Imiian war, dnd beomght aboat a new era 
im Mc dsisters wf the wot. 
— Tinmigrstion poured into Kentweky the ca toed, and 
wostamuliitides engaged im lund speculation.  Wloedle tracts 
of eouitry were sold by these speculaars with or without 
tithe, and thowsands were stripped of their all. Dispes- 
_sessieat was cntried en te so great a length that many he 
came utterly dissatistied, having bought their farms two 
or three times over, and they began to look elsewhere tor 
& habitation. 
Ps echcenndit cgi territery was besinning t apen te 
western onterprise, and my tether and his 
resolved to seek a new home. Many of them deed part 
exory furthing they had for land: had eneountered ali the 
dangers of ain Indian warture in settling it, and hed sport 
the vigor at their strenath in clearing and bringing i wie 
Wer eulivations and just when they teand themselves be: 
sinning to Die comfortably, seme other elaimant wool! 
come and disposes: Tem of ther homies, Im wain dock 
they seck redress of these trem whom they parreloased > 
tor mere treqiuentiy than otherwise didit happen that he 


106 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


was some land hirpie himself, Se odious did) those men 
become, who engexed in land speculation, that they were 
looked upon generally as a class of villains; and when- 
ever the poor faruer went to search fur them they were 
gone, and they had hopelessly to return, and in a penni- 
Jess condition seck a new home. 

In view of this state of things, my father addressed the 
following letter to General Massie, for a copy of which I 
am indebted to his son, N. Massie, Esq., of Chilicothe : 

“Bourpon County, Ky., / ecember 12, W704. 

“Sm,—After compliments to you, | take the liberty of 
addressing you for information. Lunderstand you have a 
large quantity of land on the Scioto and Paint creck for 
sale. L would be pleased to know its qualities, and what 
advantages two Jarge societies could have. A number 
have thought of purchasing fifteen or twenty miles square 
for the settement of two congrezetions, and have been 
informed chat you could supply us. Sir, T request the 
favor of vou, by Mr. Rogers, the bearer, to furnish me 
with the situation, quality, and the quantity yeu could 
sel], and what would be vour price per hundred acres, sud 
what your terms of payment, by taking such a aren 
of dand as would be sufficient tu setde two congregations 
or say three hundred families. But it is reobakicaiee 
present cirewumstinces of the country would require some 
tie to make a settlement in it with prudence. You will 
please det me know at what Gime this winter it would mest 
your convenience to eo with us and show us these lands, 
A number of us would love to see the advantages whieh 
the country will attord for sweh a settlement. Your ‘eae 


pulance will much oblige your humble servant, 9 9 -- 
*Roor. W. Frm 
“Me. Narasmen Masate, Beg.” ‘cm 


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and across the stream, many of them leaving their guns, 
Several were killed and wounded, One of the company— 
Mr. Robinson—was shot, and died in a few minutes. The 
Indians were Shawnecs, and would not go to the treaty. 
They had a prisoner with them, who, in the fight, made 
his eseape, and finaily succeeded in reaching his home. 
His name was Armstrong. As svon as the company could 
bury the dead and gather up the Lerses and plunder of 
the Indians, they directed their course to Manchester; but 
night overtook them on Scioto Brush creek, and as they 
expected to be followed by the Indians, they stepped and 
made the necessary preparations for defense. The next 
morning, an hour before daylight, the Indians made their 
appearance, and opened upon them a vivorous fire, which 
was promptly and vigorously returned. Those who would 
not fight took shelter from the balls of the enemy in a 
Jaree sink-hole in the bounds of the encampment. After 
a hot contest, which lasted an hour, the Indians were 
repulsed and fled. One of the party of the whites was 
wounded in the batde, but not mortally. As soon as 
preparations eould be made for departure they lett, and 
the next day reached Manchester, and thus ended the vx- 
pedition for that time. 

In the spring of 1796, about the last of April, another 
company met at Manchester for the purpose of proceeding 
to the Scioto Walley and raising a crop of corn, and mak- 
ing other preparations for removing in the fall or winter, 
and so make 2 permanent settlement. Some of this rom- 
pany proceeded by land, and others by water. Those 
who took the land route took their lorses well ladened, 
and those who went by water earried the farming uten- 
sils and the neeessary breadstufis., There was no read, 
noteven a path or 2 way blazed throagh the deep forest, 
In all the route there was ne inhabitant. All was a per- 
feet and continuous wilderness io Wheeling, Virginie 


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Sabine fei Sen: epira 8 Wma Weaken. pate. clade; tease 
Mbiene eekes Init hor My, Bier brut no aoe Trad wm i . 
Khe pincers, hewever, nutared. apd, ihate jomradry aod 
os Sremd. Rein waz withort mush diioulty) zing ole 3 
the plaseof sheiy deasnation,. whinh wax a. heaniitel prini- 
they hier hwo Ohidenthe usar atemdey called the Basan 
josie Their mompavions, attr a tuberous vopaye vp 
wit sainly amd jrened: the myariand purty, 
‘Giestitisnea the Gaskwnits of the white man thes atenemead 
the mptis.of the Seicts. Have im this prairie the plow 
oe kite nom drs treed. up the virgin eile The 
pebi ing phawed, the oom wes packed, Kmd- oll) whas 
te hachandinan. tnd toda, wee to teush dows abe otende 
wih se wenden hasrce, “Wikty sak atunple enliivation im 
er erp mee prtuced. Me, Kikeas extend op. cost mawr 
cehnetiod. asc pron tive Washsle of wom veltlewnd, De 
fotnre tn igeloo his tebd, 
» Buting dite cummcer General Mice uid oxi Sos: heare 
ai hiiedlia, and Mr. Tilia M'Goy mised the desi Ing. 
wih This -proncer buddhutien ean tolcwad bx semua 
glen Mating tha fall atl winter, The phew where Oh 
tenth neon sivude was a hickory flat, wad so pleaidlal 
wee Qhe-mete thet they Inight bere htem raked ap, ux 
altmnrl.oeny quanti, 
‘Dele Biss ieaas os etdtennt als ee Dareceiee 
rion?» tree, thems tha wildermtes, Seem, Wheel 
jg 4a, Magevilic. Thiswas-deaw hy merely bisamg he 
Dee oil bushes; aged with this guide the trasviing ava 
fetid, Sei orwat companie passed mray Zee's tre, 
and (ities were wade ct te Masking ver, whece 
the mane al) Zamesvilie wawe stoayls, ena olec om “WWkils 
enwik. ‘Beate wae cenurel points towwd wiieb-Ape atin 
Men sf Nhe. binigtant was dusted: cash, for iaatanes, at 
thr Masxingute.. Hoek Hoekings, aml Scotia Vallavye, wit 
due ailmisris:, ‘The paptietien ip thew. yellegs ay 


ines AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


erensed with a rapidity unknown to ny country before ° 
so great, that, in a perio] of titty years, from a population 
of three thousand, Ohio has increased to two millions. 
The blazed road of the white man and the war-path cof 
the Indian have been cleared out and paved with stone, 
over which roll post-coaches at the rate of ten miles an 
hour; or have been laid with iron tracks, over which the 
Jocomotive with its numerous ears attached is propelled aut 
the rate of forty miles an hour. Beside this, canals, ex- 
tendine aeross the state, have united the waters of the 
Jakes of the north with the rivers of the south.  Splendit 
steamers, resembling floating palaces, whieh make the 
earth tremble with the thunder of their steam and. the 
roar of their machinery, covered with passenvers, and 
freighted with the commerce of the world, have taken the 
place of the exnoe, the broadhorn, and the keel-boat, as 
conehes, canal boats, and railread ears have taken the 
place of the pack-horse, the ox-eart, and the covered 
waren. Instead of the log-cabin with its rude forniture, 
we have stately palaces with the most elegant and costly 
furniture ; the tables of which groan with the luxuries of 
every clime. Instead of villages with trees, stumps, and 
hear-wallows in the streets, we have magnificent cities 
with streets extending for miles, all paved, and. brilliantly 
illuminated with was, the burners of which are almost ss 
numerous as the tire-ies which illuminated our meadows 
in olden tines. Instead of the tedions process of the 
mail department, by whieh it took a letter several weeks to 
reach the seat of government, now the lightning, which 
had been eaught by our Franklin, domestieated, and 
tamteht to speak by our Morse, will carry not only our 
words, bat onr very thoughts over plains, rivers, valleys, 
and mourtains—outs‘ripping the horses and chariots of 
fire—alimost insterly trem one extreme of the continent 
to the other, annihilating space, and distancing time itsell. 


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106 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


soul; and while all the senses were pervaded with an un- 
utterable delight, the solemn silliness seemed to say, (fod 
reiyns here. ‘The song of the lark and nightingsle, the 
melancholy wail of the dove or whistle of the whippowil, 
the low hum of the bee, the chirping of the grasshopper, 
the bark of the squirrel, the drumming of the pheasant, 
the bleat of the fawn, the growl of the bear, the hoot of 
the owl, the howl of the wolf, the seream of the panther, 
and the yell of the Indian, were all that broke the silence 
ip this deep and beautiful forest. 

Although [had parted with my Kentucky home and 
her favorite cane-brakes, my much-loved school-mates and 
playfellows, with great reluctance, yet when | was intro- 
duced to the delightful scenes in Ohiv, my tears were all 
dricd up, and the beautiful eane-brakes were cheerfully 
resigned for the rich and more beautitul meadows enam- 
eled with flowers of every hue. 1 shall never forget the 
first night I tock up my lodgings in the valley of Paint 
ereck. It was near the fails. A larze flock of wild geese, 
on their passage, had stopped for the night, and were 
sporung in the foaming waters just below the falls. They 
seemed to have met by coneert, to hold a soiree or Teast 
of rejoicing at the approach of spring. It was a calm and 
quiet day. The sun was throwing his last gentle rays 
ainone the branches of the towering elms which lined the 
banks of this beautiful stream, and the lieavens were 
tinged with his mellow beams, just as we arrived at our 
destination, and unloading our herses, we unstopped their 
bells. and turned them out to feed on the grass and wild 
rye of the bottom. Soon the shades of night vathered 
around us. With spunk and steel we soon sauck Up a 
cheerful fire, and taking the corn-bread and bacon from 
ear sacks, with the eool water of the rivulet which glided 
by us, we slaked our thirst and had a good repast. After 
talhing over the adventures of the day we rolled our- 


REVS  £AMER Bi Rigkuny. dat 


; iene te ASc dite ad as etic polichlig lesion 
wheeh beste! wsdisturbed Gil the gray beams of mortar 
“Sihncsinieted ascefthe hour te vee. Resuaning ore jour 
key we proveeded dawn main Paint eveek, sawl in the 
afereore? the same day reached one destination, 

—OWrh all the nehness of the eountry, the beauty of its 
binds and ilewers, the softness of the climate, sad the fra- 
jegramee of the atmosphere, redolent as Eden, stil it was 
earth, ond the effets of sin liad reached this charming 
Abele. Phe new settlements were regularly visited with 
aroeel ture They were of the bltous tepe, and, 
nimectines, the eympions resembled thas of yellow deren. 
Tilious intovniiwats, cr favor and ages, prevailed io o erat 
eee ‘heen ware anppoeed to have brew wanead iy the 
otha axsing from. the descmpsakiion i the Iuxuriemt 
Payetetian, Which grew sr abondanily everywhere, ‘Reece 
fever aver attended with great mortality, smd the <i 
mgs veeasione? by them were immense. Other thors woes 
ab member af Hie funily alle to helpahee othirs : anv 
instences cooured in which the dead ley unburied for 
dys, beranse no one could pepert. “Thee extensive prewa- 
lenemot steinese, however, did netuleter Linmigration. A 
dosinn te possees the rich. lauds «overcame oll fear of sicth- 
pues, end the living tide. rolled om hwediees of dindh. da 
Hie cugue wf 1700 the bloody tux paged as om apihmne 
Nitierestwhehaee, med tera while thregdemed ‘ie dagepur 
ighn the whole own nf Qhileoths and He viciniope Madi. 
exh seas exerted to its wanes, hut all io ne purpose, 
tt wee iow. whe wew athecked rastswred. Prom 
oth! to ton were baried por dar: Ak eegih a Pooch 
tees tp the oones of Bipot eae aad adwaiuis- 
trod tthe sick with: guest acess, siving goliel in a dow 
hears, als ie asl avery mane, aflacting » permanent 
During thie auanmer ag event coomnred im Chileothe 


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(f08 AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF 


very unfavorable to the peace and safety of the country 
Mr. Stoons, preparatory to opening a house of entertain- 
ment, called tovether his neighbors for the purpose of 
raisin his house a story hivher. In the evening an Tn- 
dian. of the Wyandott nation, somewhat intoxicated, came 
inte town and behaved himself very rudely at the raising. 
He was reprimanded by Mr. Thomas Thompson, who was 
avery athletic man. The Indian drew his knife, and, 
concesline the blade of it in his arm sleeve, waited his 
opportnnity to attack Thompson. A person who observed 
him advised him te leave for the eamp: for it Thompson 
should tind out that he had drawn his knife he would kill 
him. The Indian mounted his horse, but refused to leave. 
the place. Some one informed Thompsen of his danger, 
and he immediately seized a handspike, and, striking the 
Tndian on the head, felled him to the earth. That night 
the Indian died of his wounds and was carried to the In- 
dian encampment. As soon as the Indians learned the 
esuse of his death they immediately demanded Thoupson, 
that they might punish him aceording to their iw, which 
was life for lite; and informed the town that if he was net 
viven up they would fall on the place aed neurder, tn 
revenge, men, women, and children, whieh they eonldt 
casily have dene, as they were much more numerous thaw 
the whites, Some of the inhabitants were for complying, 
but the majority were opposed to it, After seme consid- 
erable consultation it was agreed to try another metheed, 
which was to buy the life of the murderer by making 
presents to the rebivions ef the murdered, and promising 
to punish the murderer according to our law. Tis plan 
succeeded, and Thompsen was placed woder gavrd of four 
men, there being no jail there atthat time. Afier some 
two months he wae permitted to make bis escape, and one 
et the gnards went with him. The half-brother of the 
deceased determining to avenge the death of his brother, 


Ce aren 


ms echetas edie cia 
Tidak eae anid thus 
so Tn cent mien pauk the debter a mantener, who, whe 
. we ot whisky, eomuninted the crime, Such 
Reese wl shee atl. doecees bromght on the eom- 
rai Tes saa hk, 
5 Whe leuse, or howl, kept in Chiliewthe, was 
hye kip the mame ot Bemjueia Dirisints ‘The fives 
ste reep-hept by Ay, deln Mt Dougal. The grat Prashy- 
Cran saktester wee the Bev, Robers OF. Fisles, sat the 
ust Mietiadiat sabistore wane the Tay. Moses. Dan aad 
its. Tes Get physician sme De. Bemgal Mo Aiden. 
fina Sast Lepiclewes met om the bank of the Selcas vires, 
weovithe mouth af Medberrs-ctepst, wedier a lngge aptor 
dette: This woe meateede aacoseuio, an tha puaple 
eyererited thammdens ‘Ths prinsipal mula shld «> 
*the ahieston «af tis Leialkitare, woe dhe. aaget 
frome a Jow- hr the suppress of drembamtines: lk 
wes the wasters af the towlees iv give mud and) wiry % 
She Tisdians, aud the voumignmne was, thst mugy oF shen 
pixie inteslested ; aad xe x drunken Indian tea msnget- 
One wde,-ths ponna of zogieth war tiehried sad -aKe 
ome awh childern wes me eourans stale sf alerm, 
dagamtnign. Aticr manne dolisarntion amd, ros dims 
sity, twas enntied thet all ewiare whe wohl opwiia te toy 
futtvt, or ts wey aray frzmbrd Sats with betoticediog 
Myers shonld be meniedd to kewp.oli the tudtins geade 
emt lee thei im Sheir otww storskhonse UA shay. wens 
aotier, chy pebeley, fo the tit efisnts, af Ging: reps 
austin Gy ture gerscde sppedstad: fog that yorpoes, and on 
6 doowd clltaee, dheir faye or Deel of whisky, ov 
song Cente, neve 46 bein ietecths elrgok sad tomer 
horrived, Ui ai) the wpntenconyens kta out, This lam wan 
dee at wamghs be one ail! tye: wedcra,.o Br, M12 fete 


110 ATTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


was promptly exceuted to the letter the next day after the 
sentence. ‘This vigorous maintenance of the Jaw, on the 
part of the citizens, made the traders more cautious, and 
gave more safety and comfort to the inhabitants. 

I will give an instance of another somewhat novel pun- 
ishment adopted in those times. A certain man. stole 
some clothes from Mr. Crawford, and started out on the 
trace toward Zanesville. He was followed and overtaken 
with the clothes, which he had in his possession. A court 
was organized, and he had a fair trial by a jury of his 
own selection, who found him euilty, and sentenced him to 
ten lashes upon his bare back, or, if he preferred it, to 
mount a pack-saddle on his pony, and his wife—who was 
4 particeps criminis—was to tike it by the halter and lead 
it to every door in town, and ery aloud, ‘* This is Bran- 
non, who stole the big coat, handkerchief, and shirt.’ He 
chose the latter, which was executed fully. 

In the fall of 1796 my father set all his slaves free, 
He had been for years convinced that it was wrong to hold 
his fellow-men in bondage, and thus deprive them of their 
natural rights; and he was pardeulariy impressed wich 
the belief that there could be no civil regulation author- 
izing the possession of human beings as goods and chat- 
tels, that would justify a minister of the Gospel in living 
upon the sweat, and blood, and tears of his telow-beings, 
as dear to Christ as himself, bought with the same pres 
cious blood, and destined to the same eternity of exist- 
enee, Nor could he bear the idea, for a moment, of in- 
volving his children in the evils of slavery. Not, however, 
till the present period, of which Tam writing, had arrived, 
had he the opportunity of carrying out the doctrines of 
practical emaneipation. My grandfather having died and 
willed all his shaves to my mother and her children, mak- 
ing my father the sole executor of the estate, he immedi- 
ately went to Paris, Ry. and executed a deed of emanci- 


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BUY. ahathe By PIER. Vt 


| een the ties oa he cibdest toy the yoo gest 
i 2 tha, 2h the ase of seer ese. ee 
— hew ewintgy-—as Ohie was then ealled—with provisica 
Shane ansoantan ari cay se with but two 
| emery “ig soot those whe desired to remain in Kentucky, 
ans being oe for their removal, about the 
Ea baeke a Go Ha twelve of the 
cemaneipatedd negroes were mounted on park horses, ant 
started Sr Obie, My father placed me in ohaurge of the 
wompany. thewgh Lwas but sixteen years of age. We 
eamntel. with, ns elnthes, hed-aluthes, peovisiors, and coth- 
log wiepeils, We were senrempaniod with parts af tow 
tegsltes, with w gront drove of fogs. cows, and oloaigs, 
Agee se amore the (ible: ohne 1s taining mar pale 
— pabde amd, having no rod bud a path throwgh the weeds, 

Swe wore not able to travel amore that widit or ten nites 

qea day. Some days we were under the necessity of 


_ Age bys it wes so ixtensely eakd, ‘The colored poopie 
care, athest, a helpless race, and unable te stand the eald ; 
pe aay was with diftiowlyy that seme ot Hern wee Torpt 


ew Chicieothie, bieagay iaphasy sapien 
; thew as whem xs we combi, Oar bread was 
Posie eee vanced erent and we Aved on 
(his together with what we could find in the woods. Por. 
Satine tor as, game was. plenty, wad we dangly ope 
Samay be the seore, The enlored penpiy Hved well on, thie 
fos, sadwerns as sieck aml black as the cam, de ko 
“eae te idther and the rest of the tually mcajod ens, 
Sialy ae SOOM oe we eoMld mat at cabin, 3) hRmeie won’, to 
_ wachoe pet in a coup of torn. 

(Th wae oseeeers te ete inthe prise, and -avacy one 


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112 AUTOBIOGRAPHY .OF 


had to inelose with a fence as much ground as he had 
plinted. The work of fencing fell tomy lot, Myself and 
another lad built a camp, in which we lodged at night and 
cooked owr provisions. We frequently killed turkeys and 
wild ducks, with which we supplied our Jarder, and with 
our johnny-cake, baked on a board betore the tire, — 
a good supply for a Vigorous appetite, 

After our corn was gathered and laid by, fie immi- 
grants came pouring into the country, From that time to 
the beginning of March To traveled over the trace trom 
Chilieothe to Manchester sixteen times. On one of these 
Visits my brother John accompanied me, tuther 
sent us by that route to Kentucky for sced-wheat. We 
took three horses with us, and after having procured the 
seed, we started back. On our homeward journey we 
found considerable difficulty in Joading our horses with 
the bays. We could take them off when we stopped tor 
the night, without any diffieuly, bat how to replace chem 
when we Wished to start in the morning, was not so cusy 
a matter, Necessity, however, which is the mother of 
inventions, taught us a way by which the diffienliy was 
obviated. It was this: when we wished to stop: we werd 
seek the largest Jags, and unload upéat them, dey whieh 
means we had jess difficulty in placing the bags em the 
backs of the horses. ‘Thus we tugged owe way through 
the wilderness, without seeiny the face ci @ huream beting 
tii we reached Paint creck. Tins wheat, 1 believe, was 
ithe fret sewn on the waters of the Reiowm. 

This year our horses ran away, and my father semt me 
in company woh an ladian, whom he hed exoployed tor 
that purpose, to go and hant them, We had not gone 
four miles from the setUement, before the Indian was bit- 
ten by a rattlesnake om the ankle, bewween his leggin and 
moctasio. Lt was one of thé large, yellow kind, full of 
poison, As soon as the Indian killed bie enemy, he took 


Hee. FaMES WeoPIS TERY. 72 


his knite, went afew paces, and duy up a root, the stalk 
of which resembled very mueh the stalk of flax, about 
ine inches lone. The reet was vellow and very slender, 
heirte ne thitken than avai nemihe:  Thistrnet! he 
chewed and swallowed. He then put more in his mouth, 
ued iver chewin 


he became theath 


dose three times, with the same result, and then puLting 


s 


It, putt upon the wound. Soon after 


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sick, and vomited. He repeated the 


some dresh reet oon the bite, we traveled on. The place 
where he wes breren atter awhile beeane swollen, buat rt 
dik notexihawl dor, and saon, suhsithat: Was rawk iS Utes 


; ; : 
dohtod’s the most ethertaal eure for protsom my the wearlel 


the Wiser teste, simtal leach ania Tite ctl mmely fine 
pitted) how: sopsconatialy fend of thee cin cul elie 
woods. and Lodian line, that my pareats feared Towould go 
olf with whe lndrans and beeome connected with then. 
Tnex were as doawbiv attached to me as foto then ; and 
notwithstanding Lohad heard se mueh of ther treachery 
and) savage burbiriny, L felt that 1 couid repose the most 
niiat emidenes ta them. Vive mise wat Aneinng and 
maiwner or Hes whieh eonsisted ny liwaiting the buthibo, 
heii ie hee i the avis woods, anil schenss trem ihrem 
ite nil thie estas. at oniigtien. tie dsp» Tih 
bom Mie ate desitable > anh se powerfully had) thesr things 
taken hedl of gew vewtlet named, chat the clsiee sured a 

ti hs oa hehawed pants centlel sehaechy mesth. pa 
Hoty Tener at. Mfiiion atieetion, deowewa, eerie 
ta amin at thichetse, anal I awe paseeled te. pesmi thie 
Ata vet elem, whieh had commenced im dveatapesy 
Lait not he sapped, siytettmmel 1. asd Tawckepaetis 
Rye oh, Teoh woot tase, of the aiyeets al elite Taree. 


lit In aS ene aly cine: celyages at 
‘horough drdbne om, Latin and Grech, and even mow Dean 


10 


114 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


repeat whole books of the “Eneid of Virgil and the Niad 
of Homer. 1 could sean Latin or Greek verse with as 
much fluency as J can now sing a Methodist hymn; and 
Leould find the square root of a given number with as 
mach precision as in my youthful days 1 could drive a 
center with my rifle. And yet, strange to say, my Eng- 
lish education was neglected. The first grammar placed 
in my hands was a Latin grammar, and I have no recol- 
lection of having studied the English grammar while a 
youth. ‘Though I know it is said that the ancient lan- 
guages are more readily acquired in youth, and boys 
when very young are taught the languages, yet [ doubt 
the propriety of this early devotion to heathen classies at 
the expense of Christian English literature. I am = not 
sorry that I was educated in classical literature, but I am 
sorry that I was not first well grounded in my vernacular. 

In my father’s academy, it being the first institution of 
learning in which the elassies were taught in the western 
country, were miny students who came from a distance ; 
and amone the number were the Howes, Robinsons, and 
M'Nemar, Dunlevy, Welsh, Steele, and Thompson, ail of 
whom beeame Presbyterian preachers. Judges Trimble 
and Mills were edueated here, and several students who 
afterward beeame doctors of medicine. Here my brother 
John and myself studied the Greek and Latin languages, 
and mathematies, 

For the study of medicine I had, I confess, but little 
inclination. My heart was away in the woods, and an 
Indian, my dog and gun had more charms for me than 
anatemy, surgery, and physiology. IL think it perfect 
folly to give a bey any trade or profession for which Le 
has ne inclination. However, as | did not wish te diso- 
blige my parents, and did not wish to be a mere novice 
in any thing, | bent down to iny studies, with a full de- 
termination to understand the theory of medicine, thowsh 


RIGW. TAOS ES fas et 11h 


Larever inteteled two practice it. My oreereations were with 
the fn in the weeds, er the ie in kilune tish in the river, 


ron a 


16 


Which abownded wath perch, buthalo, pike, eatefish, dud 
sUIreeon, Wwe .alh- the Sports of those days L considered 
niyself a tull hand. — T spent several months im the woods 
surveying Convress lands for Thomas Worthington, Esq., 
afterward covernor of the state, 

I finished my medieal studies im the fall of 1800, and 
was admitted to practice. In connection with my preeep- 
tor, P visited and preseribed for many sick, and have vanity 


enough to believe that, had To eontinned, [| would bawe 


mide a re pectihie phys tor Uwe tees. Ae 1 hedure 
romurked, mat tamtage at lootime i this prefescion. Dut laayy 
esr at taken ta the weeds, f pommel with. taps wives 
mniah Gielen oo dome an! tet wath, ail aww Siaatisils agg 


Orieher: with tim far the Dietrot niarket, “Wiens seep 
no reads, and we dred te teow Indian paths from ore vai 
laveto another. We teok the Indian path by Wesel to 
Pranklinton, on the west bank of the Setoro, whieh las 
long since been outrivaled by the cry of Columbus, and 
has cone into decay. Here we found several houses built 
by Dixon, Turner, Poose, Skidneore, and a few others, 
In Usps de ot the thes, which Wiaaike exemad iaely nue 
merous and treablescane to the eattle im the woods, we 
remiuned diere tl November. 

After Jeaving Pronkhnton we took the path te Dela 
ware, Where were the famous sulphur sprimes, whieh we 
reached the frstday. Pere, recht arownd these aneteant 
Springs, we were obipeed to siton our derses all night to 
provint the cattle freaa remmme backs Tle neost day we 
ree the Sahwoky plains. his wars vb. Poa dina, an 
in riding Uireehy the womls we were as wer as pf ae ho 
been i the viewers adh tvhdition toad) ties. we Tal prvi 
PS EN NE lent we lotrke eon bred. Whe weet <chenieul wal 


the rain, and at was with the utmost ditheuty we eould 


oo a als 


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2 


start a fire. My companions despaired and began to wish 
themselves at home. My motto being nil desperandum, 1 
rallied them, and persevering in hope against hope, at 
length the spark trom the smitten steel took effect, and 
none but those placed in the same situation could appreci- 
ate our joy, hindled by the light of a blazing fire. Here, 
on the waters of the Scioto, we passed a tolerably-com- 
fortable night. The next day we resumed our journey, 
and passed on through Upper Sandusky, Honey ercek, 
and Lower Sandusky, till we reached the rapids of the 
Maumee, where we found a large Indian village. The 
inhabitants of this town had just finished their great fall 
dance and a drunken frolic, and were making preparations 
to start to their hunting-grounds. Being hungry and halt) 
starved, they demanded of us a steer for the privilege of 
driving through their country. [told them no, they could 
not have it, as the cattle were for the soldiers at Detroit. 
At this one of the Indians raised his rifle to shoot a steer, 
but riding instantly between him and the animal, | told 
him if he shot | would send a force of soldiers after him 
from Detroit, and he should be taken there tu answer for 
his conduct. This had the desired etfeet, and we passed 
on unmolested. Continuing our journey, after a period 
of two weeks and five days, we arrived, with our drove, 
at the mouth of the river Rouge, five miles below Detroit, 
and in a few hours we found the end of our journey. — 
The first thing, on arriving, was to cileet a sale of the cat 

the. Atter six weeks, during all which time we lodged in 
a Frenchman's barn, we succeeded in selling our drove to 
a contractor of the army for a draft on the Government. 
Soon after the sale we deft for home, with provisions sufli- 
cient to last us till we reached the Maumee rapids, ILav- 
ing arrived at this place, and our stewk of provisions be- 
ing exlotsted, we found it impossible to purchase any; 
and taking a string of corn, on which we subsisted, to- 


1 NS, GAREY ae) Dire eae. Wake 


ahem with seme haves, fap iwe days, weuriced at 
Lomo siiomiys abt this haves avy putrehoased: or W hdiw- 
Keren hav cusrien’ dimerane. She ted of me amathdears A 


see Tie leeks ght wertetelml Meret ersck, ad eor- 


nitey asta tere Th morning. While MEY counts segs 
weit cial ia whspising af te heapaescter the micth, | 
Kovhest adore cond peebed seme dion bark, wid mixed wh 
soineatinur stoma han wes aalhol sthek ipagd.-~ "Fis 
backwoods bread is made by peeling the bork off a <teck, 


then wep The wbouel amd mel Gorn ih reveyet 


imiare the “ime, aime ead af ths sticky eines the Goad 
Wi tiieane title mat eens Tepcet 
Nok ie Soe ceteris Rae iwdll Riis Tey oa : Ma 


f : ge Aes Yous t AS Wo Ak ' A 
eel ipats, aie wt Bee sxppanicnnd: Te pha 1S : \ We 
» Ss - 

Siutags eMart eas : 1] beer seas: ¥ bane i at 
Cuvier aent eS oe veWwWe Wi bites” Uh ey Mia : 
Liver While Cae eras, aaa lee bee aa ele Wily Seite i 
ie Wuopiarems that wtened the Aaminekis, Agr i 
io. SoPinivenh of wr Suppers, we cauckr one hoses axl 

i : ht ' on ; 
muh She path tor Upper Sandasks Parsi aT Nata 
af TMS RM nee wpm thet cpp od the Troms ae 
we Gainey Prusitemetl ah cicek bat ft aug, hs aa 
ae. La ! ! Y telat pitrou ey | ui ; 
t 

iy “Geooniaee Y jmrRe’ wo Sipe paver thao hi 

uierins ek ee | 
Tigi eRe Ca eTN ees , imw wlaws aarival ‘ cure 


eres Wy Wat wi ie WY } ‘ ei Lira ancl da yf! vo 
Lie OMeIe Tiers + ior sy Sree ul 

Pi: Wie. Garmin ato PRLECY RTH When were 

i the Suroeits departamats ol ei ner. Miers aoa 4 


TOUS OF Meats or 1 De a i (Sect inl we Rake, 


two tons to parton, he OTL. Saeey.- We 2 


Cer and SRE, i aye ot ries Och OY Ua amy) loz MAR eae 


ii ws many davs from Cinemnati to Dietrent, wink creates 


118 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


facility. No one can read the discovery and settlement 
of this new country without being deeply interested. In 
reading of the adventurous struggles of the bold and 
hardy pioneers, an American becomes a party in all ihe 
thrilling scenes of border life. While contemplating the 
dangers of the wilderness, the terrors of savage war, the 
want and distress through which they passed, he is filled 
with admiration at their self-denial, and the perseverance 
which characterized them in surmounting the obstacles, 
enduring the hardships, and braving the dangers to which 
they were exposed, that they might turn this unbroken 
wilderness into fruitful tields and gardens, and transmit to 
posterity the inestimable blessings of civil and religious 
liberty. ‘The pious mind can not fail to see a Divine hana 
overruling and conducting the whole. The people of the 
United States have more reason to be thankful to God 
than any other people; for ‘‘he hath not dealt so with any 
nation.” 


eM betheeray. ~ 


eee: ig Ate xs “Tie 
Peony are 
gh aw gag Gh hole ; 
“en ipasal a> APT ERY, 
“a as 
ae “h ite aie 
Te kistory be philesopby snacking yy oxsaple, Bieg- 
y furnishes the examples which Bistory records, L 
oop reels lel ois ho See co i a 
Shall, saeitionne hn wenn inte my aarrutive Whegnaptevenl ~ 
| Rhgnished imtivitaa’s af my sme 
| so Usha oem nis inaesing  miy ets, | : 
coe tasswlay, of whom 1 have slesede apdken, 
Berns Penisy wania, aul. stig thes tins? unaepiel, 
cwlveniur ashes cenesbawhs of Kentucky. He was a 
fort ped man, and se valient sebhier. Hu eattied 


BACK WOODS Broa ae ae 


; eae ‘ewingshany now stands. The sphtush was calied 
—Casswhay's Station. At one time he was token prisoner 

, ‘urs fig Bodied, When a boy I have afien. beard: fia. 
crebite the cireamstiunees connected with his eapeaty and 
agp, _ Cae day, while huwtines 4 is the wants, , at Poms: 

a dn ju ¢ alo on hing by surpaise tor they were in 


“Hig atest pines sak Faking bm tees the Os eve 
ives ypteled. without stypping, two dogs im the wilder 
Ripe ving: aplontor) 3 plane whege 62. sdagpy thay: tot 
Tite a tee; aol, levine hire, in care of am, old Lydian 
cul eS Veds, they startal ont ona hunting expedicnss. 
eee he eee 
lavas ries ae he fag. iaks ers, reser 
‘ a © Phe evening shades were gorhering amon 


et 


120 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


the earth, and while the boys were picking up sticks for 
the fire, and the old Indian, wearied with fatigue, was 
nodding on his seat, Cassaday bounded from the tree, 
seized a sun and pouch, and before they had time to 
recover from their surprise, was lost to sight in the depths 
of the forest. The alarm was given; and the Indians 
returning, and finding their prisoner gone, started off in — 
the direction he had taken, He knew his enemies could 
not be far off) and would soon be on his track. To elude 
their pursuit, he struck off in a northerly direction, which 
was in a contrary direction from home. When night 
eame on he changed his course toward the Ohio river. 
He heard in the distanee the Indians on his track, and 
the dismal howl of the Indian bloodhound, whieh was 
scenting out his way. The ehase was continued till late 
at night, and he imagined again and again that his 
enemy was just upon him. Sceing a stream which ran 
in # southerly direction, he plunged into it, and, wading 
in its bed for some distanee, crossed to the other bank, 
following it down some distance, when he would plunge 
in again, and continue wading down the stream. This 
he did to elude the seent of the dog, and it was the 
only thing that could have saved him. The pursait was 
kept up all night, and the next day ull evening, when, to 
his great relief, he reached the Ohio river, into which, | 
without a moment’s thought, he plunged, and commenced 
swimmine for the other shore. Before he reached the 
middle of the stream his strength, which had already 
been taxed to its utmost, began to fail, and he began to 
despair of ever being able to reach the Kentucky shore. 
A thought of home and friends inspired him, Lowever, 
with new courage, and he redoubled his exertions. The 
gun, whieh he hel tied to his lead, was pressing him: 
down: his strokes became Jess frequent and more feeble, 
and he was about resigning himself to a watery grave, 


i Ca ie eS a ee a oe ee Se Ae lg, te fae a ad 
ti wet Pe af ae x . iy 
The ts, - 5 7 

* J 


Aw 


ge | Ly. JARS B. PES GET. IS 


eurred to him: that perhaps the water was mot 

Pp his lie det his duct deseend, aml 
Epntiy bc ee ae a 
and, after resting a short time, he was enabled 

bee ts ho When he reached the shore 
Was vompletely exhausted, and he sought a place for 
Worn down with fatigue, anil having 


one till he fell inte a profound slumber. Wharhe awoke 
a wiped pV ae nd ent 
. ty he eouhd move them, He, however, arose from 
mes at appetite, he journeyed toward home, 
haven ey ia. thre Gags. 
| He ase am adv defender of the frontier settlers, « 
ve MMT ee atoe erizen, belowed and respected by 
ilk as subsequently chosen te represent the county 
Tegra in the Legishemre of the siaie—a duty 
hohe + periormed with eredit: te himself and scatistae- 
He ei gst 
iin: Rowies amie Gedset Of Huse Gris, wae 
a ae He was a descendant of the funaihy of 
whe satel or an early day wear the fest of 
Tecond: HE. chess. Shay 0 ow the. kab: oh Vacant 
fawn, Row kmowar as Uneafiown. Ue Wars can active, tear 
Tess young tim, ebewe the medion, ster. Bold aud 
prise traversed the wihlerness, cneeuntering is 
ans solpeuaamonine an wudimnted spirit. Mone 
ps 2 ss iia Toi aes. thee: ee Me was the gape 
his eaudes. PhS tame spre ta and widegifin 
hating desde stack serrar inte the hoot age 
wee wis ene ef nates wantiors; peared a 
tore, dans boeaibdng Un <0lih. ie oP ant, his 
sp smred aloft, watetered: sid fires, as the eagle of 
: it 


132 AUTOLIVOGRAERY oF 


the Alleghanies. But, alas! the spoiler came, and that 
aifed, high-born son of the wildwood fell by the shati of 
the demon Intemperance. Like Death itself, this demon 
loves a shining mark; and who does not weep over the 
early graves of heroism, genius, and learning, which 
have talien by the hand of this fell destroyer? | 
Bazil Wiliams was a Virginian by birth, but was 
vaised in Kentucky. He was one of the most active 
menoof dis age, with but one exeeption—the incompzar- 
able M’Cicland. He was an officer in Captain Josephs 
Colvin’s volunteer company from Bourbon county, which 
jeined the army of General Wayne. Having been in 
many skirmishes with the Indians, he leamed their vari- 
ous arts and stratagems, and hence he was prepared 
to do effective serviee in the great battle on the Maumee. 
During this battle he was shot in the arm, but he never 
ceased fighting mil the battle was ended and the victory 
achieved. G, Partee was also wounded in the thigh. 
bat, (ike his brave officer, he fought on to the last of the 
contict. Wiliams was eminently useful as a spy, and 
his deetness of foot rendered him a great sequisitien in 
carrying inteligenee trom one part of the eouniry ty 
another. Lt was satd of him, that for a hait a -day’s 
heat he eould outrun any horse in the country, and it 
was considered useless for any man te try to eateh him. 
li would seem, trom the diversities of natural gifts whielr 
were possessed by the early pioneers, that they had been 
opectilly designed by Providence for the wants and neces 
sles growing ont ot the border wars, 
Duncan M'Aribur was a son of natare. fe was tall 
it stgiure, wilh a giant irame. Hise hair was blavk as @ 
raven, and jis eyes dark and piercing. When exvited 
there was au unearthly flush in bis flery eve whieh jmdi- 
cated a keen end daring spirit, restless and fearless, 
When [first hnew tim, in 1793, he was quite a young 


. ‘ 
PES tie: SE RD ee SS Rat a, SO il RD TE aD 
1Oiaieies AEA. ARRAN aie GPT 
ty ne sien: ae eee Sols ig 
. as oy 
TO eat) Ne Dai Kae 
Hpleseatiaaghftg toa ee OS Wea! y Vee Ot nial 
2 prs 


Spore Moth ate ae near, th 


Nese rE Une chemse hows 
i, Pie ite We Lea ee Tee ae Se Me MRT y 
; 1 e @ : ' ' mit ‘ 
IGN ie i NNVEROES RT RE, eT OURS SD Gee + TENN te 
ee 1 : ‘ ; | 
1 Read One ic ietwarter AONE ST ee, Shee } a TU) Sie a PC Came PAY nY Cau vier 
ey , ie, ty PROWL... ARMS" Seal eM RCAC IOI Inn i { 
ANCA G.. Dow Re Mie ARG” Nee. Waban MS Alo Gi 
: : 
j a ae ; ree Wt \ bs 
ea NS i i 
BONY he - See, SEE: Eva r Spat ey ' 
TVA.  RURY ea A eee } BM : i, ee ! 
' ; cacad ahah ne ‘ 
(nemanne, JM % 2h Bibeegmealy B. dep atPa er «ei 
De), SRO Maer a pamens- Ite fits heat ie aera, 
AG cnn fae Tah. Tumemea. Wik | iat Reeds .tiadiebiei) 


mon mo lemhord,. The assated General Massie Me ieee 


» 
hte TM A ti the ad sii smart , cegtrantan,  hY . f 
OTe TERT) <Q Pieroni: a WER py Oe ei ea eee 
} ‘i i ry . F (ea 
SCS et Pe aU IA pORS Cie Reale eer cons, 
: 
Toei NE Gay, Sa a RC ae enh eis AN 2 RED, « REA FAT 
Nie LD re Vee WS oer yE. eh af « TR i VS fF at 
' 
Wee: oe Bose oe Rae - stam ds LAA; arg ieee 
f , 
oh. SP! why Wn 2" a ms Aihue LRM . NE 


a 

. , }: . ) ay 
Oe TGs, Eyton ome a, iain ae rine (ae : 
ar: i ont rey bats.) payee Peay Rt oP Re.. eae 
| ai a Eh, ie Geaelated,. ee, ten Whee gi 
‘ i Ait 

( ray ai Ey Ee Oy f Ge : 
ria. of eckus. a ree SMe ENS ‘ vs 


124 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


to the year 1780. John was born in Northwnberjand 
county, on the 28taof January, 1775. His father crossed 
the Mountains with his family in 1780, and settled ata 
place called Mingo [pttom, three miles below the pres- 
ent site of Steubenville. The Ohio river was then the 
extreme frontier, consituting the dividing line between 
the white and red man. No line, however, was suflicient 
to form a barrier against the invasions of both parties. 
The white man was as frequently the ageressor as the 
Indian, and many were the scenes of suilering, carnage, 
and massacre witnessed along this border line. 

My young friend was reared amid all the dangers of a 
border war. In the year 1789 his father removed to 
Washington, Ky.. where we were then residing, and soon 
after their arrival my acquaintance with young M’Donald 
commenced, Simon Kenton resided here also at that 
time. To have already viven a sketch of his life, but can 
not forbear adding, that, althouch he could neither read 
nor write, he was regarded as the prince of the pioneers 
of this region of country. Bravery and dariag courage 
were considered more essentid: elements of wreatness in 
those days than learning, or wealth, or diguified titles. 
Kenton had a pleasant countenance and a sweet voice, yet. 
of great compass and power. Unlike Daniel Boone, he 
was social in his manners. When engaging in battle he 
was pradent and cautious, but when the fight began he 
was bold and daring to excess. In the tamult of battle 
his clear, manly voice would roll aver the combatants, 
like thunder, inspiring his men with courage, and striking 
dismay into the hearts of his foes. He was the teneler 
od eaptala of all the young men and boys in this part af 
the country. He was a master-spirit, and the prototype 
vf young M*Donald, 

The bays of those days were early brought into serv- 
jee; and as soon as they could hold up a rifle avo hand, 


rh 
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RU. JANES By RISER. 123 


ee ty gonnelatde sod weim it, taking T-amart weil oiling 
Pipe ter patting fh tagether agein, seers venhed with 
 ecdaintins 294 solos ef tus dag. Th is alent Howe 
tie tw tales doe ketropil ail desperate diaing of che 
‘Waa Ef will relam aw instance 
arom with two hays with whem [ waa. well 
_ kee wens te, due ponds kamal, the eovre, 
‘tos fa of the ver; and as blekery-puts were 
| ae 
re ds While thas engaged twa Indians come 
nipen them, and took thein pilacnere. Wisk their pei 
Gory cunted off, treceling all night aud he mest dar: ak 
ting Gey Soppel tr eamp. Asher ishing thelr ewm- 
ing veopet Tey made the tive lmge te down bole 
then. The abdest bet awake WM al) the comprar wane 
isahad docthe thst, eaditam of eleege He them quaathy 
aagalewed is brother, and they ite sadly drew chaie 
y ‘Tee eblor tiother tien took a gan foro, 
ie 4 Hee Uevllams and’ « tomalsark thse. the athar, 
Paving the muele of tho gun at the Saad of ano of the 
tetiene, "he tot hia brother iket the aecenant he ebowlit 
eake ihe other Inkien be shonld yall the-migger. “Dya 
dneSly warp Geegned i the Behe of te: wailedeas 
eee eee eee 
cit Whihe the alurp crank af the ils sant the capi 
| Shed inte tho heetes of Mie companion. That cape 
Gras ac acai ete 
‘Wie Wage theo, made thelr ceiupe, anil, king the Tedian 
WR, they qoovended mworl bean whisk Inv dne dae 
they iiched in safes, A pariy stunted mad wit che 
sitet, ve, Hely the monn af stoaghian, ana found Sw 
. Deion: daed ax gapovinds Dilahoeinteiemeearncantied 
dokease, Diey goss i he aegiel qembere af 
ak peined. Ais Mathodict: Emeamigas Chaach—the 
BOOS BONN ATES TONNES SNR PRO, = 


126 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | 


The first excursion of my friend M*Donald was tagen 
with Kenton. Three men from near Washington went out 
ona hunting expedition, and encamped on the waters 
of Bracken, about ten miles from home. While they 
were out hunting a party of Tidians came upon their 
eamp, and placed themselves in ambush, to waylay the 
hunters on their return at night. The names of two 
of the hunters were Dan Figans and dosish Wood+ 
the name of the other is forgotten. It was late when 
the party returned. As they were preparing their supper 
the Indians crept up stealthily, and fired. killing Wool 
and the one whose name is forgotten.  Figgans, being 
unhurt, fled for his life. The Indians started in pursuit, 
with the most hideous yells. The race was most fear- 
fully kept up, but Figeans distaneed his pursuers, and at 
midnight reached Washington, where he alarmed his 
friends at Kenton’s Station. This bold warrier immeddi- 
ately mounted his horse, and in a short time. having 
raised a company, started in pursuit. Young M'Dona'd 
Was anxious to aceompany them; bat his father, thinking 
him too young. being but fifteen years of age. te be of 
any service, refused his consent. He was uot, however, 
to be deterred; so stealing his father’s rifle and horse, 
he started at full speed, and soon overtook the company, 
They arrived at the place nbout sanrise, aml a most 
shocking scene presented itself to their view. One af 
the men had been secalped, and thrown into the fire, 
where he was nearly consumed: the other bad slew bee 
seulped, and cut to pieces with the Indian Imichet. ‘Tiw 
party proceeded to the mournfnl work of depositing thei 
remains in the ground; aml ascertaining by the trachea 
the horses that the Indians had directed their course 
for the Ohio river, ibey started after them. When they 
arrived at the river. they found that the Indians, witkont 
Waitngy a moment, hed plunged in and swam ascites, 


= Hert wh wR in. os ke 127 
ideiting oF gmevals, “Teds Precdhat alucht bud a, wd 
fy sindvohet ta ‘onal the ator af the powthiel rerrior, 


5 Diathiz, ae surveriog partes «In the apring 
he joined General Mussio’o:eestiawent at Mans 
noice above Mapivills.. fate wae the 
iment on, the horth-weet side of tht Olio vier, 

, abet aetna: or Losmntivills; t2/the towe rae called. 
‘Chie inet witlement, Sopether with the Tree oft nll.ia 
dey, stds, was in. conetent dagger. “Many and exciting 
“the setae by which they arevs cerrotmaed, Beau- 

p inely wart derply depratecd, ond enon, whom duigey 
eet thete aptrile root exuliing st the tials aed ‘soni: 


ee Which they had pared. A smoes winkt 


oe homme fh, tes ong of choir geenliar. had allen 

ihe Hike of kine oneiny, which womkt gas a Shade 1 
pions pe id gloom: on et) bearvte; then apain Sha fame 
eos he? the bald and daring heater Bed eipinred the 
‘' “Seat “Twapire theay with courage: “Thus Wie sen 

: tap, evasian’ oitermetions of hops ad deapont: 
. “Phis eanetant wenttits toade the ensly ovidlers 20 
hg? with seones af ‘Blood. and carnage, that ies I. 
ia, a wmanaqys, indifierent spectetorn, md af thie sume 
p dochinss end Merde of ull Canger. Boones of box! 
Pie woiaba Gare uqugesiod thw Koed'in the ‘pela of 

‘apaecusimed:. to thee, would cama: mpva the heest 
a hawdly pinot. 

Mise quate of 1980 Roleguel Mi Dionads sek “Ui 
“Pherae joined Rina) Wage’ ee pe Heng 
ors, GP ples! The ammpany at rangers wodeicled of ca¥- 
omy-beo, of whom Capints “Tysisains ENGby ites coke~ 
yomndes.. Te was 2 tia Tapeey fue, tally’ ecequitie oo 
my & Suergenss Estee oni el We Mighty copatidids 


198 AULOBLOGRAPRY oF 


posiiies. dt was the duty of the rangers to traverse the 
Indian country in every direction in advance of the army. 
This was not only a toilsome, but a dangerous work, 
The company was divided into smal] detachments, 
which started out in every direetion, and, after scouring 
the country, returned and made their report to head- 
quarters, 

The history of these times has been so often told that I 
do not consider it necessary to enter into any detail in 
regard to the many adventures connected with the rang- 
ers, and shall only record what has never yet been made 
a matter of public history. 

Early in November of the year above mentioned, Mr. 
Lucas Sullivan, a land-speculator and surveyor from Vir- 
ginia, collected i company of twenty-one men to go upon 
a surveying tour into the Scioto country. This was a 
hazardous undertaking. Notwithstanding the Indians had 
been severely beaten by General Wayne, a few months 
previously, yet the country was far from a state of peace. 
Attached to this company were three surveyors ; namely, 
John and Nathaniel Beasley, and Sullivan, who was the 
chief, Young M’Donald was connected with this com- 
pany. Every man earricd his own baggage and arms, 
consisting of a rifle, tomahawk, and sealping-knife, While 
engaved in surveying, the hunters would go in advance 
as sples, and the surveyor, chain-earriers, and marksmen 
would follow in line, the whele being brought up by the 
pack-horse and the man who cooked for the company, It 
was his business to heep a good look-out, soe that the 
enemy should not attack them in the rear. In this mili- 
tary manner was most of the surveying in Ohio and Ken- 
tucky performed. They did not carry any provisions with 
them, but depended on their rifles for a living, which sel- 
dom fated to afford them an abundant supply. 

Having taken ‘Todd's trace, they pursued their journcy 


= a a eee ee ee, ee ee ee ee 
7 i . . 


« * 
Hie. aaneys ob weiscee 126 


atew af taking its meanderivas: back to the vamp. 


= teeed pe phase hea than. a. hacdred reds 2 a 


ceame fying teward them. M'Donaid and 
oy the bauk-of the etesk; nem te a ple af 


| ay ia without reflecting a meanent that the 


furkey* mast Lave bean driven toward them by aces por- 
Bae alipped ny io a tron and shot a tytkey. Le ihna 
alten 22 laos. mad as then wore roses turkeys on tha thew, 


M"Pecald dipped wp tothe postion lek by Kis-cogupen- 
i. dsek as hha wes ahond: tx tine, the sharp erack af w 
HS AN ie nore, aol furiing. instantly kt caw joer 


dhs the messenger of death cai, he saw seve 


s ole with thei silee leveled si im, “Quiel as 


tose cecomenin irae inte the etoek, aud thew 
fired but missed him, The Tedians iotered hard aher 


‘hina, yeti and screaming like fiends.  Eoammiiae across 


the begrom he aimee Sullivan and three others of tim eom- 
pouy, Salven instantly threw assay his eompass and 

og te hie vith, ‘Their only salety was in gayi tligh, 
© tiefians were too mumnerems to eneounter, As they 
© dodians tired apen them, one of the balls striking 
Cotvin’s eur at the tie, whieh shocked: lim so much thot 


he thouwcht timmself mortally wennded. But he was a 


boate seang man. and beng feet af foet, he ran wp the 
chek aid wave the alarm at the manp, sting teat lye be 
Howe! al, weve Kilo bat hives. These at somp of 
commas find. se wom as possibin. MDonsid and his parny 
ran acress the bettom ty the bigh hand, and atier ransiny 
three miles struck « prairie. Casting their eye over 1, 


130 AUTOBIOGREATHY oF. 


they saw four Indians trotting along the trace. They 
thought of running round the prairie and heading them, 
but not knowing how soon those in pursuit would be upon 
them, and perchanee they would get between two fires, 
adopted the better part of valor and concealed themselves 
in the grass till the Indians were out of sight. After 
remaining there for some time they went to the eamp and 
found it deserted. dust as they were about to leave, one 
of the company espicd a note stuek in the end of a split 
stick, to this effeet, “If you should come, follow the trail.” 
Tt was then sundown, and they knew they would not be 
able to follow the trail after dark. When night came ae; 
they steered their course by starheht. 

They had traveled a distance of cight or nine miles. It 
was a cold, dreary night, and the leaves being frozen, the 
sound of their footsteps could be heard some distance. 
All at once they heard something brew and rim as if it 
were a gane of buffaloes, At this they halted and re- 
mained silent for some time. Atter a while the fugitives 
eomld be heard coming back softly, Supposing that it 
might be their companions, M’Donald and) M’ Cormick 
concluded te creep up slowly and see. They advanced 
til they could hear them cracking hazel-nuts with their 
teeth. ‘They also heard them whisper to one another, but 
eould not tell whether they were Indians or white men. 
They exutiously returned to Sullivan, and the eompany, 
after deliberation, finally concluded to eall, which they 
cid, and found, te their joy, that it was their own friends 
wie fled from them. ‘They had Srawtaal reppicings at 
meeting sgain, but poor Murray woe Ieft a prey to the 
Indiens and wolves. They now commenced their jouney 
homeward, and after three days’ travel, arrived = Mane 
chester. 

This disastrous enterprise, however, did not deter oth- 
ers from trying their fortunes. Svon after this, General 


a 


et a Vika 2 Massie cotaatéd 9 porte Ot inentpacight ses, 
— ; a ie of MTionate FS Sent, te fake’ a caxveying tone on 


ek wit Ten Hee wedistenl mvteyars, naively, Poser 
fs, Wiliiees WW Revton, ant Nitheniel Guasleg, mem of 
io sedge, sad whist edoounter ay havidhigs. Nome 
a Sia a the acany were adapted ta sack wa. ivier- 
Cho, id hretven De company wat soompiedd of gach, A 
| SE Riving Uepadivion inewreed more tol and dances then 
 tindting f perty or a repales acne, Ue later paramarty, 
RoR whe alvenye embodied and bettes prepared for de 
dense. The eurvaying company wae Aided int) duade, 
nid“ nail hed ‘iis particular daties. to periane 2. henoy ai 
wis Wepoanis to be abraga’ on the goand, ogeloat the 
nha Se inainai. 
- There Basse wee a nie OP pres energy of acai 
ae dustes spirit of tet vnm a whisky da 
poi neler amd apis ie al bie dentage 
Oy Gis Wicw-men. He wee cos only: fait, bet gener 
eee fente, the poor wen’s trend, the titew and o4- 
Ps baeefactor, Pinching want, with hegzind salen 
S dotiewst eyez, never weat ping ihem: ie dei. 
“wee “the hone of hoepftelity, ail av moyhim 
by is “intheaed Bet, ‘alee? “Hs meng bigh-tuaded, 
2 awd, cautironie, em of all thnee, the deme Tntage- 
 Rearked ise as hie vinta. end . 
Rag " *Céle estan Migwldet! heck. well Gills, tod. G2 
A eS | Rat aners ilide sok ont tn deat Slay» 
that nobis apieit was wrooked. He dind ip EI | Toximg 
ieihowiald De Guixtveed, Which was ix grenk wemtnslen os 
Wes dasth, MESON Te Fer ee ets ee eee 
eaten. 
7? Pepe ine, coe of Wradie’s evoyara, woe mw wadiod of 
‘Wieaw ocenty, By Ma peaeook 9 legge fertaay, ond 
ine Popwied shew ad est ewai Me was monte 


132 AUTTOBIOGRAPHY oF . 


tatious In all his demeanor, and much respeeted by all 
who knew him. He remained a bachelor, as matrimony 
did not seem to have sufficient charms to lure him) from 
the path of single biessedness, If to some itis not given 
to enjoy this estate, they may excite commiseration for 
their misfortune, instead of condemnation for their course. 

Nathaniel Beasley, the youngest of the surveyors, has 
jong since passed away from the ranks of the living, and 
been numbered with the dead. He served his country 
with great fidelity in many responsible stations. He was 
justice of the peace, county commissioner, and represent- 
ative in the state Legislature. 

In the war of 1612 he again shouldered his rifle in his 
country’s cause, as commander of a battalion in two ex- 
peditions., He had, when we take into account the day in 
which he lived, and the training which he received, as 
few faults as anyman., Ile was a plain, common-sense, 
sevttaaght, and selfmade man. Tle possessed a ther- 
ough business eapacity, had great honesty of purpose, 
and his industry and) perseveranee secured tor him the 
esiecin of all who knew him. 

Wiljam O° Banion was the bravest of the brave, and 
one of the most fery and impettious spirits old Kentucky 
ever sent into the battle-tield. After serving, with the 
wreatest fidelity and courage, in various minor wrades of 
rank as an officer in the army, he was promoted to the 
rank of Tiewtenant in the United States army. He was 
in the battle of Tripoh in Africa, and the first man that 
mounted the wall of a fortiied town near Tripoli, Since 
bis return from Aftmea I have not been able to learn any 
thing concerning his history. 

Such were the men who constituted the leaders of 
the expedition: whoe the chau-earriers and marksmen 
were all well-tried backwoods hunters, brought up amid 
the ports of the border wars. Without beds, tents, or 


REV. ANGE Be PIRURY: 1S 


*: eras this around Sowered with show, aud the weather 

itensely weld, they terveevaal te wilenhnas, ‘saul, geh- 
(shy mand Gietr euwp-tires, atter the tells of the day, 

they weald burgh, aol sing. and tik as merrily a» though 

ao hovkiwouds wedding, 

| “A Reset Sos Selene 2 ee M'Deaiabd 


; ve he now resides, He bad wight daughters 
akc 2am, al of Whom obtained respectable positions 
ia coriety. He was elected seviral tingee a pasting wt Hye 
pisces; else served an © militia of@cer, doing captain, nan 
joe, Dewiensat-eolone!, sad colonel. Wham the war of 
104% tveko oni, be enliciad a¢ wv rolaghow is the iret ree, 

— so Jon yoluntoas, asd cesaived the appatainens 
oe ps sptancicaiv general. Lamedaainty om the roualpt ad thls 

hes, areied ‘to Diayhonl: Gen! Alaa Be wane 

Thidervous for the north-western army, wid was subse 
ents apputwed qaarteriiseee at the regime, snd 
‘oniomel th perform the dues of beth offinos AM the 
surrender af the army by General Hill In the early 
pt af the winter of 1412-18 he rersived the. appeis. 
miamt oF eapinin, inthe Usited Ruaisa avin, but-did mot 
eign thie ommemaprions inthe miliie. Ia July tollewing 
he semmiaaded « region of mibia, «md cnapshod be the 
iitis womntre, and served nader the endorse of tGoyexad 
Willis Memwy. Harrizon. Ho represented: tie nomnty be 

Toth homens ef the state Legiaiviure, This: owe mew, 
poraed tn the wildermas, aabjected tr alt te tedle sad 
dangers, preesitied a spedaies-of inenle-eonmags, intel- 
lowtunl “work, sad trae gyetimess, worth a ragiment. of 
Wart Point odes, abd. on exempls to'eil youcg men of 
the pressat day, have. boon Seudlingly acqueinied- with 
iim for epward of balf 4.urutang:, - Els 3a cow, ike: any 
‘all, is the sear sed yellow leit af age, and sven tho win 


154 AUTORTOGRAP UY  eF , 


tery winds will sweep us as the leaves from their parent 
wree, and we shall be gathered to our fathers. The latter 
partot his lite has been spent in promoting the benevo- 
lent enterprises of the aye, such as temperance, Sabbath 
schools, ete. His life has been one of excitement, toil, 
and eonthet. Elis best years have been devoted to the 
interests of his country, and, theugh man does net, may 
God reward him for his conduct! He has written a most 
‘nteresting and rehable history, called “Sketches of the 


Wiest? 


“CRABTREE Thy 
‘ rs ss ener BACEWOUDS GYR 
ie ia which the esrly tuiudiitants of the 
es ‘Beleto Falleg were exposed jaade they sppearaace am the 
death, of Captamy Hered, He was among Qe wacker 
af thane whe ralsnd the fem cen in the prsiste loow 
Ds Maoting,. in 2796. aati ast is emey ean i 
he an,.pomecsing geass. iframe im tha oomaley, amit 
bowed, be al who lmew bes: Saving gumered to 4 
a which be soak; saes 


‘Toe. art taxon and alarin, da. tha, slab. comabess eit 
Sone pemeetetn ee is eee cea, 
gence qeached. the sparse and seattered papulacion. La 


(> spring of. 1003, as snae porsans were lambing in, tips 


weeds, they found the body of a man seaped apd tema- 

hamited, . This wes vooognized as the lady of Capinim 

eh ral re ae ae hone 
i the inanfal dmad iva heew, perpeteaied by the 


¥ feoera. Wayne a. 1685 hack pesotoomel 
ey ie ea By whom ox tov whet gore 


upyss ak he eae Th wae gecrety hinted, anc by conga 
. Seely. bekered, tert the eavape desk was.-cone Dy m 
Re mash bed been am when beefal ive) -cencigaae 


136 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF t 


of Captain Herrod’s, for the office of captain in the Ohio 
milida. It was known that the bitterest envy rankled in 
his heart toward Herrod, and it was supposed that he 
souvht to cover up the foul deed by adopting the Indian 
mode of human slaughter. Whether he was guilty er 
not, this was at least the general impression amony the 
immediate neighbors; but, as no evidence of guilt was 
ever sought or found against him, he was allowed to pass 
without being taken. On the other hand, as little faith 
had been placed by the inhabitants in general in the 
treaty of the Indians, a large majority were disposed to 
charge the deed to them, and the death of Herrod was 
regarded as the forerunner of war. The account of his 
death, as if borne on the wings of the wind, spread with 
great rapidity all over the Scioto Walley, and the excite- 
ment and alarm produced among the citizens was most 
intense. Whole families, from five to tifteen miles apart, 
flocked together for purposes of self-defense. In some 
places block-houses were run up, and preparations for 
war made in every direction. The citizens of Chilleothe, 
though in the center of population, coilerted together for 
the purpose of fortifying the town. Sentinels were posted, 
and a vigilant guard kept, day and night. Taanor, with 
her overheated and affrighted imagination, and her thou- 
sand tongues, was busily engaged in spreading her 
alomms. At one tine it was reported that Capcain Jobn, 
au Lndian ehiet, with his warriors, had killed all the 
inhabitants of Darby; and agam, that ether sertements 
had flen beneath the hand of the savage foe. The 
inhabitants living on the nerth fork of Paint creck were 
all collected at Old Town, now Prinktort, and among 
others was David Wolf, sn old hunter. a rman of wealth 
and some infiluemee. He had settled on the north fork, 
iwenty miles above Old ‘Town. After remaining in the 
town several days, he emploved two men, Willkuns: ane 


a ; Epes! GAMES be OER RET. 137 
7 ti nh ms Wo 
Saves Gato the voediten wf his stack. When cher 
coed abewi sic miles, cmd were perssing throwsh 
saw an Delian approeehing ahonp in the dis- 
tees, act walking in the same patil over whieh duey wane 
Rs Of mo naarear appreteh. ihowas Tomnd to ta the 
| Wawewiien-way, the old and faithful dnum- 
oe oy enor? Massie during bis surveying tonne, advil an 
cumwavering fend ef the white man. Ho was a sedmr, 
hence. infoligens mim. wedl knewn to mest of the settlers 
. i the commery, ond beloved by all for hie righ and gee 
qpas deenenor, Ha twa wits dnd. two. cova, whe mare 
slevieuch reapected hy they whiln moighham whane Gag 
potted, mans. tbe Calle of Pyink exsinks 
 g Maceowiiawag eee tequaptie cagamed. in take wild, 
GS sca Ho: 18 “aera 1 See RATES OE Teg 
ter2ath article an tne waded. The ied lak 
“Aagprees eit nessenice exh foot with lis gum ter the gounaee 
wt sine Pronkinet, and mecting the compury bnoiae 
nitmed, ke sppooicled. thom im thai frank and tiendly 
heer which aluegs therasisrined his inioromre with 
te white leethven., Atter-shuking bands wich thom: most 
EY. ee inqeied, into the hose ot wamis cated heir 
fesniliogs, Khe saluaation being or, Wold seliud bina 4 
he pone aeh crete qrmiey cmd the clit amscanite, ain 
uxiiaman ne madetar toe parpese ot atacatniny pyevinns 
tusthe meimomtinn, of thee bargin. Wide" ubie one gevkoyy 
anya! beltg am berrtack, wnpenotlted der Wawe-wt <i- 
- Tie, jgeed the pao, onl Tey ont he preek,, ond, 
pare appt anid he beliawad he wend aot trade 
minha, 
» Weait ioe Land thee. Moroutited,. and sees tee 
ahiat Mh Mv teliane had wommaend: wor, 
Atle, smdoree 7 h,?* Noy wah the Liliane ene mete 
i per tsi. tics - Li 
¢ 


188 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


Wolf then asked if he had heard that the fudians howd 
killed Captain Herrod. 

The chief) much surprised at the intelligence, eid 
(hat he had not heard it, and seemed to doubt its 
COTTECTNESS, ‘i 

Wolf assured him that if was true, 

“May be whisky, too much drink, was the cause of the 
quarrel]. 

Wolf replied, “Herrod had no quarrel with the Indi- 
ans: noris it known by whom he was killed, or for what 
cause.” 

Waw-wil-a-way said, “May be some bad white man 
kill Captain Herrod.” 

The conversation then ended, and the party making 
preparation to resume their journey, the chief again shook 
hands with all in the same friendly manner as at greeting, 
After he had proceeded on his way about ten steps, 
Wolf raised his rifle, and, taking deliberate sim ar the 
Indian’s back, fired, and shet him threngh the body. 
Waw-wil-a-way did not fall, although he knew his wound 
must prove mortal: nor did he submit to die as most 
men world have dene in similar eirenumestances, 

The ilustrious Julius Ciesar, one of the most renowned 
wartiors of imperial Rome, when attacked by superior 
numbers in the Senate Chamber, terrified at the approach 
6f death, muffled his free in his cloak, and received the 
ceadly thrust of Brntaw.; but the brave Shawnee chief, in 
the wild prairie of his fathers, which had heen invaded 
by the white mon, turned upon his ungenerous snd caw- 
ardiy assailants, determined to sell his life at as dear 
urate as his hopeless condition would admit, raised his 
unerring mie, and leveled it at Wolf, who jumped behind 
his horse. Wilhams’s horse becoming frightened, end 
plunging about, left his body unprotected, and the ameter 
ing tire ef Waw-wil-a-way’s rifle told iis tale ef death, 


ROY. MMR S.. PARR. Ber 


MMiccasvwoe shank Quongls thn hady, ad tod dowd bn. be 
‘pe. “Pie Jndian then. olethad. his gems aivhoiye y sain 
a eeywatinn, ruched upon Weg cans wiih, ee thew 
AG. Bohaws, “ye dhoead apes Ceo, Tretia, hed made aay efiort 
i, sala hima, Any, the dona tet af hate ay the hep of his 
Rena Uy ‘had a shawl sed arommd his wad it the form 
wi a bude, and this being celesd hy Wolf jamend of she 
Tesh bie, gave a wiolen? jerk tur the parpoas of bringing 
| hing to thes orintted, Vhs shawl giving way, Wolf tell on 
hie hawk. At this the Indion droq Rid scalping-knith, 
sa wouge a tomnet ot Woll who, ceomg his danger, acd 
huenstine op his feet to wart of the blow, mosived the 
Blade oF he lenite.la hie thigh... In dha soul the: Baadie 
begins off. ond lott tia whole hieds fact in sie treuad. Aa 
Soe. comin «ane Wolf made a strikes at the. Totion, the 
h fed Ris kaise entering She hiearhone, daw then 
Tagetsem, sqate to Welle aeciccamos: hme the lao, 
| cheng xp Wai gin siaek kina. the head a moos: 
tenink: hier, apl brought him to the earth, aging dare 
Bchvlhcaon ht crown tothe cw. Heer che tesquisery 
aGiliio’. agudind : aA 20 tepid, wes the weeds af Dhomlohed 
At al ees. eeonengliahad mu lees. Chega teste A bee widen 
to, gophosa. Hi. 

. Wham the deadly. oils andad, tha thre of Waieculhins 
agp tinea a0 lpiay ats hin Sat and. lynd Wan au adhe ohare 
nae uaibicd Kis bows" he would kava diveatched- them, 

Taps oompleisig ia Iie power, Uys bie wtrangih 

ficihod This, und gerhsya Wie aight, fod he tora bove berm 
im, dhe agontes of death durtay the whole -confiat. «de 
mug. 3 that she poor Iodian wlenied, amd want Jorgiet- 
need glepad like 2 oatebine wroamd: bie pomaone borts, 
Be.wat ome gieeas wpon “ie felen tneg: toh Vomng 
amy, be walked om Brin Ghar gies, and fil upon ike 
fue meek te wil hams ot the qeaise, where bie ont, 


140 AUVUTORTOGORAPNY OF 


which never cease | to bewt with kindness for the white 
man, atonee aid forever was still, 

During the entire engagement he never spoke a word, 
Silently he acted his part in the fearful drama, as though 
moved by an invisible aveney. The conduet of Wolf 
and his comrades was the most dastardly and mean, 
and deserves the exeeration of the world. They first 
attempted to disarm him by throwing the priming out 
of his un, and then talking with him, and parting under 
the mask of friendship. Tad Wolf and his companions 
supposed him to have been aeeessory to the death of 
Herrod in any way, he would have gone with them 
cheerfully to Old Town or Chilicothe, and given himself 
up to an investigation. But Wolf was determined on 
murder, and the blood of Waw-wil-a-way rests on his 
head. 

Williams was found dead of his wounds. Wolf was 
rarried home ina wagon, and the knife-blade extracted 
by a surgeon. Ferguson's wound was dressed, but both 
of these sutiered mueh. The body of the ehief was 
found where it fell, and it was pronounced by the sur- 
geon—Dr. Edmiston—who examined his wounds. that 
ether of them must have proved mortal. Tt seemed that 
Providence designed be should, in some degree, avenge 
his own death. ce 

The death of this great and good Indian chief added 
fuel to the exeltement whieh had preceded it, The Tndi- 
ans in the neighberhood fled in ane direction, and the 
whites In another, Neither party knew what tode. All 
Was dismay and contusion. 

In this dreadful state of suspense and slarm, General 
M’ Arthur and Governor Worthington, with a few others, 
mounted their horses and went into the Indian country 
near Fort Greenville, where they found a uamerous body 
ot Indians, amon. whom was the furfamed and celebras 


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142 AGVTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


to the custom of the Indians, the nearest kin to the mur- 
dered man has a right, and it is made his duty, to kill the 
murderer whenever or wherever he could find him, unless 
the murderer purchased his life by a certain price agreed 
upon by the family. Wolf, hearing of the intentions of 
the sons of the murdered chief, tock his family and re 
moved to Kentucky, at the same time emploving an agent 
to intereede with the young men, A negotiation was 
finally entered into, and the agent agreed to furnish each 
of the vouny Indians with a horse, anew saddle and bridle, 
and a new rifle. On complying with this condition, they 
agreed to bury the tomahawk and make peace with him 
and his forever. Wolf agreed to the proposition, and the 
time and plaee were fixed upon for the fulfillment of the 
contract. 

A Jarge concourse was assembled at Old Town, to wit- 
ness the Indian ceremonies. A hollow square was formed, 
in which were Wolf and his horses and trappines, and the 
two Indians. The Indians. in relinquishing their elaim to 
the life of the murderer, raised their hands toward heaven, 
inveking the Great Spirit, declaring that to kim alone they 
transferred the blood and lite of Wolf, forfeited by the 
death of thelr father. The seene was full of the most 
impressive solemnity, and many were moved to tears. In 
token of their forgiveness, they advaneed and took Wolf 
by the hand--the same bloody hand which sent their be- 
loved father to the grave and made them orphans. Then 
saluting lim as a brother, they lighted the ealumet, or 
pipe of peace, and smoked with him in the presenee of the 
Great Spirit, They remained good triends ever afterward, 
and often visited each other. 

LT have selected the above as one ef the many tragical 
wecurrences of these days: and though some may think L 
ought to pass over such scenes of eormege and death, yet. 
as a faithful chronieler of the times in whieh L lived, I 


COW.) TAME Ws! PINE EY. 143 


Reiser sehen owed 
sel, Seek hhh Wirt: ke stneweriiniont fry whisk 


at rb tt Btn - Chae ae 
RS whisk & was, chorshipad. 
Tie Sra whieh our fibers and mothers emtured in 
: ate aleaent of this omnes, amd the feetitide 
tiem tothe hour of dangers shouwhd peer be 
SER Sly theis cogs sak lauphiers.  Betors cloelie 
is ie wil) relate aw iiciden? which omnred ate 
Row Grassy in Kentucky, neat whats dhe chat af Youle 
 ikiceseeds, A geeteman ty the neme of Aching 
hed rimredl, with Lis fausily, trea wore of aha older ox 
Suton) to this plaee, amd, with his eplered earrawza: ‘had 
_ opal a Gane! Bolun, Kowever, tha terncta wees loreled 
ate Rite on hee hod ywollged the tright entcigasione te 
ene oe ee 


‘ior en culy cheegheer, a hewatifel aud mosey: 

: peereent Kies amaeere, aor bia ddoth, commbedod 
tnpeiokin te thaw aww howe, The ecete of the hadbanls 
cht iatinie’s hdiees wed death way tendered tao anavedt te 
atiiets ober aap aight op irda cates: Oly a eeaeeey 
Voc, Wet titer mem The costings; lept, io Tie Toog feat sleep, 
tee thet! thelr boarte,  Dhither the would repair, whan 
aye mami spring spined Ale bers, ad phins Moapers, 
Rpinisite, mutta? hoe Geile wot the dag: thts Lomas ahtid wend 
RRA weep ond pray: aed wie dane the stare, thoes 
tetighy Semiivels ai heaven; Reoked dows tone the Dhow 

| Safire seetoh iho dovetions.a ihe purt syait Eagerg 

 Shaabe 

Tbe one pr aor thio welmaoholy rend, tha doigh- 
tor Wine cRbietor then woul, accompanied. ty 0 Snitbfa) 
smvram/ Semler anulling te lente the vpot where ber 
Wendt’s: Seisisane es cntoinbed, abe sarried, panatre sath 
ee ee ee ee ee 


dad AUTLORTOMERAT RY OF 


the woods, epparently al a shert distanee from ber, Fear- 
ang ttwight bo seme beast of prey, with which the weeds 
were Infested, sle hastened home, So accwstomed was 
she to visih her futher’s grave in the evening, her mother 
was not alertned at her stay. When she entered the eot- 
tage, she was consilerably agiiated, and communicated 
the exuse of it to ber mother. 

The servants oceupied quarters fide at hind, pee aS 
they were true and trusty, there was no great cause of 
fearon the part of the mother and her daughter; but, on 
retiving that night, they doubly barred the door of their 
rude liabitaiion. After they had retired to rest, they were 
startled by an unusual noise in the yard. ‘The mother 
sprang outof bed. and, adjusting her clothes, took down 
the ride, which hung over the door, and ater examining, 
eautiousiy, the Josd, and priming, she carefully opened 
the door, and stepped into the yard. She looked in every 
direction, but she could see nothing, She walker areunil 
the house, examining every corver, but still nothing was 
to be seen. She alse passed sronad the cabin of the serve 
anis, bat could not deteet the evuse of the noise, Sle 
returned into the house and set down the gun.  Lher 
daughter had arisen, and dressed herself, and was stirring 
up the fire. She assured her mother that there must be 
same wild beast about the house, as she distinetly heard 
its footsteps while she was out. Upon this, the mether 
resolved to vo to the cabin, and wake the servant Dan, a 
bold nod fearless negro. She accordiigly went and waked 
lim. ead told Dim to get up, which he did as speedily as 
possible, and after puiting on bis clothes, he came ont 
ictned wiih w heavy stick. She directed him to go round 
the house one way, andl she would lake the ether. Before 
they had proceeded ten steps, Mrs. Aikinzon wee selved 
hy a huge bear. The negro immediately meade a blow 
with his club ot the bead of the animal, and stummed him 


ee ee 


EOS PAG, PLE. a5 


tk tr we bis Boal; Hoy otk sAnacoreadiny hima, 
oe bit ativok on Dan. whe eps wp w 1iimiog 
ae he seaubeal his ledge. whieh eo di], and alee: 
ning to the door, reused si] the inmates, Having thus 

eut of Ms pursuit, the bear direted his course toward 
Mrs. Atkinson, sand, just as she was entering the door of 
ther hese, caught her by ber dress, and drew her toward 
Chim, Me bis evideal moment the eliek of a gun jock 
Was heard, which was instantly followed by ihe sharp 
ventek: af a riile; the bear xelawed his told, doubled wp, 
acl rolled aver at her ent, in the last spare. Am 
toasting: ait how! sent a ball dueoauwh hie heart. 

the damghine wae3 witness of the ove fier in the yaw: 
nat) Wes Goo chor toe her ta seg ty Showt, withaue «he. 
Gakvat bur don, wud whomever the memy cam within ies 
rege hie ahd the fort 

> inteupial: met demiitiows sawod the masters Tite. 
hdr owe, yor detinae, adeotionate, amd dayzink chalet 
tetune The Wigh-sowiled, bereie weunm. fer skill, judbe- 
then ied bravery were ation, fy wfler years, relied wper 
te uptiie the destioy of ihe imfakt settlement, during 
tise avvere conflicts in the dave and Bloody prewed. 
Tey werdege. this oceragecus biekwrods girl becbaa 
 ttiented with che of tee Grst 2gd moet amonmnt tapailbes 
ad the aumle. Hor desemidania are nidaerosis and spect 
aii, Mdeciting thy virtues.2ud bravery of thew mother, 
- Aigialiog: Jnagery ix the military, civ; ext polisienl his 
tes of the weet; and they hove nei tonesting ie. alory 
ef Doe heoaw: 

Rebro sieaing This chopiar 1 will polate fausthor inet: 
dent at: beakwoads beater. 

An aged indi, who died. Base neaumiy some liiey poms 
cnie, wleted tyme We ielenwig chrammentanco: “Whee 
she, with bee family, went Tet ic reals in Rentuahy the 
intione aecked their achix, avd shot hor ished, 

3 


1-46 AUTORIOGEAPAY oF 


wounding him so badly duit he wes unahle to render any 
further assistance. They then tried to force the door. 
No person being with her in the house but a miulette 
boy, about seventeen years of age, they both flew to the 
door, and pressed all their weight against it. An Indian 
finaliy sueeveding in getting his body party into the 
house, she seized the hand-ax, and killed him on the 
spot. They then sueceeded in closing the doer and 
barring it. She then took her husband’s gun, and, firing 
throush the port-hole, shot another Indian dead in the 
yard. The other two—tor there were four of them— 
then made preparations to descend the chimney; but no 
sooner had one of them entered the flue, than ripping 
open a pillow-case, she threw the feathers on the fire. 
‘This xo sutfveated and seorched the Indian that he fell 
into the fireplace, and the nesro bey seizing him, he was 
soon dispatehed by the old lady in the same manner the 
first seeresser was killed. There was but one Indian 
lett, and fearing he would meet the same sad fate whieh 
befell his companions, he fled in dismay from the scene ef 
coniliei. 


LEK. MMMRS WS. FILET. Av 


CHAPTER ELI, 


= ree 8 tne WordEe, 


gee retary te my personal narrative. Aor the 
-— Doinsit anpedicive, i spent ihe greater oat of tha winter 
‘tea deactiog. Gaying 2ttaigead the ape of Lwemty, Y Take 
Bueentaces sad indeterminaieness ix mynd 

soraay futere convee. ia life. There eto many things te 
disentaag aind, od much that wus .coloviaied to prodass 
dissipation of Yoigit, Am adundnese of fouthful oom 
Eien every variety of divervions, eugh 6 bucking, 
i ues se and plage of alk deeqriptions, presentad. 
sania ys and wale Urged Brow My alonLion. AL theta, 


Be leings ax making say alaction: 
Hacnmmpouy wich tuna of any somypamiona, I mega pooper 
te Biagt ont npon a wiiter’s hunt, We agmed ty 
talks" 30 Jesaees, aid every tymn wee te cerry big owt etook 
of provisions aad ovaking niaucile, Bo taking « few onan: 
dadnwn, me camp-kette, cbouk 9 quect of eal, a Bleue 
ul one hosting apganstas, ‘we  zturted ine the 
Cima Aan see dage ware, Be anvivet <i a plan 
whawe itisre were bear sums. in grant abyatienes, tnt ther 
abe a0 Seen. Here ia epmnyed ted seuriad cad bo: inant, 
By thie. tinue opr eiors of provicnms wag eFbaqeind, cust 
he letwes Being dre see of meer shia to bal ony 
gate. Wo. teiad: bret the matt dey, Wert sath ho one 
anemone] pasult, eyeagt tha ome of our party killed sy 
wia-gat."This.we pooped toy ‘apr cammp-kattls. nnd 
netwan teniied tk raale 06 tne Hive? mein) we host pectehem at 


148 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


for two days. 1 -hall always think it was the toughest 
meal Lever ate. 

Our object bette to hunt bears, and finding that they 
had all deft that section and gone in quest of mast, we 
resolved, if possitle, to follow them. As there was no 
snow on the ground, and we could not track them, the 
only things we had to guide us in our search, were the 
branches and sof muddy places over whieh they had 
crossed. On the third day we eoneluded to take a large’ 
eirele and make observations. It was cloudy, and the 
snow began to tall. About noon 1 fell in with two of my 
companions, and supposing it to be near night, as the 
clouds and snow had made it dark, we considered it time 
io look out fora olace to camp. We differed about the 
course we should take, but finally yielding to the jadg- 
ment of the oldes’ hunter, we traveled on ull it began to 
be quite dark. Despairing of finding any game, we were 
about te stop and make preparations for camping, when 
wur dogs treed a large raccoon. Being dark, we could 
het see the anima: with any distinetmess, and after several 
ineffectual shots, at length a ball found iis way to the 
hapless vietim, and he fell dead at our feet. This was, to 
us, a source of creat Joy. Three days, with only one 
poor wild-cat for three hearty hunters, was short fare ; 
ond the reader may be assured that a fat coon was very 
sereptable. We soon made preparations for a barbeeue, 
A fire was made, and we could hardly wait ull our game 
was roasted, till we were eutiing and eating it. The evon 
was exceedingly fat, und we wished very much for some 
bread to’eateli the rich drippings. 

Next morning che snow was a foot deep en the around, 
My mecessins were worn out en the betteau, and 7 was 
obliged to peel Iva Derk and meke soles for them betore 
I cowd proceed. After drying ourselves as well as we 
could, before our camp-tire for we were nich exposed to 


RES. £EUES FR. PISS: 149 


Ii Pies during Qe cighs, tied the oghe pez ars. com 
i ‘98 all-cseafortatde wihk om acayly <intkisg, wie <0 

 Gebthe dings to Le O aur lecks-——we esate. 

hie ak aot proreedet fir Gh we mane When a laces 
oe aud Kling as many ex we would earry, 


 Rainte ons Vile gatas, we changed is algaet af pareuit 
- Srieieldiew,. Fey thieprrpeto we rumovelonx came 
the nage hetinhs of Pains cosk, where we hazted 
wih gow aieessay andl bad qplanty ta live on. 
Bilge peitiog all the chins wad came thet wo conbd 
ee Youre, 
‘Pha, Teotidnye, enh, for Inetunds, wa Tbrietman cad 
wert. epeat in thootng-malghse, Coming, 
‘at Gliting. *k which, in the lenenage of the batk 
fhe os taunds awhete hand Theat diverges, as 
eiaioked, were net aliggmthar aniied te my tame 
ee eaten, T wos) undesified waged to whet 
| poRcwmrienniveneag Ears if E weart bie the 
S alpeibed medoins, Tanwar thousle 7 ene imaacnbla 
_ amined therstiih, To bs. alenes with dm 
tigh amd ding, aad nonsiantly toc breathe nn -ateoophers 
ee cigs tod Ciewwien, wae fir dm beiig apeenble to wy 
Sunlinge:  Baxiden, the collection xf tha tose, whieh, of aff 
athe, ain the mows rogrisin, edad 19 the gract mepese 
BiBiinw 2 Now protects, with not ong hom to eal eee 
ettirny too ginal a nadsriakine for mg af 
ut Heda, Then I waald bs wimlly deprived’ of the 
| parece ne henting, whase gotnglel soiogmario had ‘iss 
gana: whens tor tee porthinl - imigination. . iter 
wahghiagr wl these comstdenpiiony | Reoliy wedoived 26 
xdlipting ‘w Beaders Wie, Tale hing voted, the nex 
thing was to pet uur a wile welieh to shies suede of Nving, 
ond, alter taking advice fuer yor wither i, 00 imppowtaas 
mnie, I mpde my choles. Ging Sve third, dog 2f Marck, ™ 


150 AL TORLIOGRAPRY OF 


1801, Lwas accordingly married to Hannah Strane. Ms 
father having bonglt land in what is now Highland 
county, Toreselved ta move, and take possession, This 
section of the cetniry was then a dense wilderness, witn 
only here and there s human habitation. My father-in- 
law, being unsatistied with his daughter's chotce, did not 
even ailow her to take her elethes, so we started out, 
Without apy patriniony, on our simple matrimonial stock, 
toy make our fortune in the woods, With the aid of my 
brother John, T built a cabin in the forest, my nearest 
neighbor being three miles off Into this we mowed, with- 
out horse or cow, bed or bedding, bas or baggage. We 
gathered up the leeves and dried them in the sun; then, 
picking out all the sticks, we put them inte a bed-tiek. 
Fora bedstead, we drove forks inte the ground, and laid 
sticks seross, over which we placed elm bark. On tits 
we placed our bed of leaves, and had comfortable lode- 
ing, ‘The yext thing was to procure something to eat. 
OF meat we lied sn abundance, supplied by my riflé, but 
we wanted same bread. LT cut and split one huadred raila 
for a bushel of potatoes, which T carried home on my 
back, a distance of six miles, At the same place I worked 
a day fora hen and three chickens, which I pnt into my 
Lunting-shirt bosom, and carried home a< a great prize, 
Our cabin was covered with bark, and Hned and floored 
with the same praterial. One end of the esbin was ifs 
open for « fireplace, (In thie we lived comfortably all 
summer. Having no horse or plow, I went into» plom 
bottom near the house; and, with my ax, grubbed and 
eleaved off an were und a half, 1a which I dug holes with 
my hoe, and planted my corm, without any fence around 
it. 1 enluvated this patch as well I-could with my how, 
and Providence blessed my labor with a good erop, of 
over one hundred bushels. Besides, durng the swhover, 
with the help of mv wile, 1 pat up a neatcabin, und Gn- 


SUVs SAUMSRE R.. Fite, pee | 


it doe. omer whan" ledgoogs.” For the purpeas: of 
7 is salin raven, TL pat ey oem iim the lof, mad 
ee Ee could wet pat bread, we hid almars, 08 6 good 
, my, plang of homing. We est ales plauier of bose 
apexé fad wanleen, med xo comple am ouctk Grad heppide 
meee eaereted.. Cre Lilian tignde ofan called, tnd 
' a ee ond F pabt them. ie indium, oonrsicsal 


. + Deastag de stnecn several timilios settled ig the aeigh- 
meron, wad, when we waps together, we antoyed 1 
| Withows genaly wad thede ofiew fatal. dickeringe and, beok- 
ii@iigr whith destroy the’ peace of whols. communiner. 
OF ei people om the thee of God's eneth; I despise a soa- 
siping ntilar, whooe shief ‘bustacsa ja to gute: alade 
frat Roass to bonee, acid rule the pence of Smilies, it 
aimke/regher mest » Nones bereft of her whelpe, hem 
ae. hut ons, 2 Lnugry peather, oF & rerenyade murnens 
Gels yiviag Das being te the format dsetdar: with 
epee Shepwe and climy fert Though se had bes Bide, 
oy spans ways few, ond we exjoyed mur simple | and 
Tagine’ pohsesxions with s felath the parse-promd’ mrisio- 
| ss harer wajoyed, & pstierous boapitality oh rehetertaed 
areny weighbor, and whetwe hed we diviced to. vhe ‘inant 
with eeck other, When a aaa wanted ‘halp, ah waeee 
eopdy te nid. 
, Repent avetior part bf the sinter to Reatog anal 
mriwe-wp «chore of yoovisione, for iy murine, ao abet | 
mene save. soy undivideR atewier im lemming... da wa 
iva gine: te hit, mad conid: not conpuntonty mine 
ingens ‘er rien tof the wit iammake, whighmogld eaey 
Chabon of sae ers ebligud oo depo = the: prodyet-n6 
ths woody, 

fia tne: bear wad te aoat orblelta, ee elonze buasad 
for this eaimal, This Gil chee ween geod me, woul 
bonis wets eo pisetih teat Rwas mot meomeaary t go 


142 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


from home to deint them. About Christmas we made our 
turkey hunt. At that sensen of the year they are very 
fat, and we kilied them in great ubundance. ‘To preserve 
them we cleaned them, eut them in two, and, after salune 
them in troughs, we hune them up to dry. They served 
a yaluable purpose to cook, in the spring and summer, 
with our bear, bacon, and venison hams. Being dry, we 
would stew them ia bear's oil, and they answered a good 
substitute for brend. whieh, in those days, was lard to 
be obtained, the nearest mill being thirty miles distant. 
Another great difliewlty was to procure salt, which sold 
enermousiy high—at the rate of four dollars for fitty 
pounds. In backwoods currency, it would require four 
bueh-skins, ora large bear-skin, or sixteen coon-skins, to 
mike the purenase, Orten it could mot be had at any 
price, and the only way we had to procure it, was by 
packing a toad of kettles on our horses to the Seiote salt 
liek, and boiling the water ourselves. Otherwise we lad 
to dispense with it entirely, 1 have known ment cured 
with strona hickory ashes, 

Limagine | hear the reader saying this was hard living 
and hard times. Se they would lave been to the present 
race of men, but those who lived at that Gime enjoyed lite 
with a greater gest. and were more healthy and happy 
than the present race. We had not then sickly, liyster- 
ical wives, with poor, puny, sieklv, dying children, and 
no dvepepie men constantly swallowing the mostrams of 
quarks. When we beeame sick unto death, we died at 
once, and did not keep the netghborheod im a constant 
state of alarm for several weeks, by daily bulletins of our 
dying. Our young women were beautiful without rouge, 
color de yose, meen fia, oy any other cosmetic, and bilthe- 
some withoat wine and frut-cake. There was then no 
curvature of ine spine, bub the lasses were straight aad 
Woe-leoking, Without corsets or whalebone They were 


BEY. #kMES B. TIPLE Y. pe) 


Raa Ai ted epsearmce, anil Sesh os tha moyping, iu 
| Aaa buon oagaraatg within the paraphernalia of kw Pose 
~ Mag wurdecine nad tallas, 

Feng ledive dd cuss then weap -erer the sickly septie 
ipitllen-ed « Relewr, w Bioleus, or Bagenm Sag, oc 
kersmis otmmepaed by the peligie-nerepsd lixeigiter whieh 
aon, die te Goge al Rerpt, inboting wee tend. Phoy 
Dae and comes with any Dox siqen-pef-cigeres, with 
ie ipae hair aml jace ceseimbling 4) Worm-oul hoarte 
hetehy sod whose long ears iedicated ‘te whet xpeclos 
of aha gucee dome ho twlongad. The band-fnied, homest 
poomtang of the enauiry, insted of Reing the mire prvile 
wetoF the ietlor oy: haw-daseter, were mmiare’s apblemws, 
nus Ciné wesccintes, 

2 Binces O68 fe eaid, ** Tigre aatenter, moo sonteaae 
deem Wiiees!* tert L dealt believe the dactiiae. Lae aver 
hiting pits of tye toe wand jars s poor guidu fee 
anpecachin man, dud pet T wearid got be am, immefine 
ieoerenker, aml mpodiso: oll progress—qethatinaly 
rons, aml: iateciusl—mig incre ton Lwatld. rejeet 
agrees 20 ths ph pated) sctenees aad mligue. 1 wont 
ale protest agin: the needles amt hurtiul epertaates 
“Of ieehiompihic ise. 

et a Smee to thie, and dowil ree mor peroneal 

When the sping opened 1 was better prigerad to gy 

thas Lowe the beet secon, korg peared 

nates id plow. Thatnad af the inbotoes ced irdines 
at waning the baad with a eo, J, aerw semamiescmned 

! | (Previdemae spewed iy jatets wits: ebuasnat 
smaseete,, Sl sehr hav’ paaky.A0 ens ood eek, OF commie, 
oar PrEMover iow ond axessdingig eimipla, amd abe 
prodacte of tha: soi} cad. haunting ginided' rich ‘supolae 
Ties wor ives within, secethres any ane won industry, ote 


aly depeidcnes beg mgm te fons foi oomenesning, 


Vt AUTOBIOURAPUY OF 


bounutul Benefactor, We spun and weve our own fabries 
for clothing, and had no tax, no muster, wo eourt, ne 
Justices. noe biwvers. ne constables, and no deeters, and, 
consequently, had no exorbitant fees to pay to profes- 
sional ventlemen. The law of kindness governed our 
social walks; and if such a disastrous thing as a quarrel 
should break ont, the only way to settle the diflieuliy was 
by a strony dish of fisticutls, No man was permitted to 
insult anether without resentment: and if an insult was 
permitted to pass uurevenged, the insalted party lost bis 
standing and caste in society. Many a muss or spree was 
gotten up, in which the best of friends quarreled and 
foucht, through the sole influence of the brow jug. 

It was seldom we had any preaching; but if a travel- 
ing minister should come ia and make an appointment, 
wll would go out te preaching. Lf the preaching was on 
a week-day, the men would go in their hunting-shirts, 
with their guns. On Sabbath the oun was left at home, 
but the belt and knife were never forgotten. When assem- 
bled all was attention and order, and no one waa allowea 
to behave disorderly, as such conduct would have been 
punished, and the misereant driven from decent soviety. 
Such was the high sense of honor and deeorum, that 
a youn woman would discard the society of any young 
man who would be ouilty of overstepping the bounds 
ef propriety. 

We have fallen. however, upon difierent times, In the 
rapid march of civilization and refinement, we find yore 
men, ‘mee young inen,"” and, strange ta eay, youns 
women, too, who «an, on these oeeasions, with the mroet 
unblushing effrontery, desecrate the House of God, and 
disturb a whole tongregation of worshipers, without elicit- 
ing any censure from a large maporriy. 

Tones went a consigersbie distance to hear father John 
Collins preach When I arrived there the house was 


Bee. LR Re oh, weer ge Lala 


Nr tin esehowiing: Binge fuse athe ta-omedk in tee 


ARE amet Ketone, deeply Intnrsaied: with the ont, 
Piast tanec of ae ellvery ineiss ae heabseeribed the lore 
Gad te a, Keer wemtents imewsnzad my intent, 
sprtibed. Ewan) wnt have Jost aaoed for at world, - daos 


‘ene: & fallow, @ithoxt ema wh maishote, camsaamoed 
 Resatteeg he comerogntion by, talline anak inoving showk 
ited Rime tore oF thins dimes to be yeiei, dat be wll 
peeiaied. fa 1 took hem by the aro: and Jet Miar-pat 
anne ditenet. from the hones, ttending’ te pive bie « 
amen hesewhkipgiag thr bie impadenss drud ineclenos: 

betliy plemled ow heed ead piectwliy, sad promind, vewrs 
ai A ac Oren a ech age Uaet K lat him ee 
: Get Twi dawn share wepo bet Sinw eckesie ka Gu sonny, 
ina titey coe ides angeke’ weiss. The sehoaluagates “was 
, eatig theced, -The mest of thn ahldeer oom, hae 
wives, tonight tnréed: aa fie writing, Ghat wae am aneiom 
| pettaent: tee which they had tor os. ‘Ter pho had 
\ the ries orevilege of going t4 aches pemaralle gradmated 
meget, The Setheih dap was csusily pont a oe 
‘Ving hastmg, ned Sthing; tua motwithetaading: this wre 
‘ie geanmal praction when thers were ao mieehings, J 
amr would indvige 1 3%. for two teascns: Pies. [ aee 
“temgihh, toons any yank wp, te wemnambelr hp Satiomtl: ogr, 
gid Ihatip 8 bein” sad my eoceaieucs weoekd condnam ms 
taard) fdr a heeesh ofthe commandmans than tee abmoet 
‘Gary nae sin, Loomemivied.  asend, Lisd.acmrivten that 
‘© Douwed-om the Grbbeds dey I wembd have ao onl’ al 
the naxt week. TL chterved that these who made 
a qevedon Sf boating we thet dey wem alware fhe most 
unommsaea) Tumba, 

DS omega broke thie’ Guimeaadiment) of: God. 1 wees 
mort loraly dar, The ete pose begh? asd. sitar, 
daturs apioieed, i his git Whe tive epg sweetly thety 


156 AUTOBIOGRAPILY OF 


matin songs, and » holy qniet reigned around, save wher 
an ocensional hunter's wun would break the stillness, sound- 
ing as arsh almost as diseord in heaven. Strange that 
T should, unter such circumstances, be tempted ; and vet 
T was powerfully, irresistibly tempted. [persuaded my 
wife to vo te the nearest neighbor's, with a promise that I 
would soon follow. When she was gone, PT took my oun, 
ran sbout a mile from home, and seeing a tine, Jarge 
buck. TP tired. and killed him; then taking out his entrails, 
1 threw him over a Jegoand returned. When I arrived 
at home ] began to feel safe in the reflection, that no one 
had seen me: but quick as lightning Conscience reared 
her terrific scepter, and uttered, in a voice of thunder, 
“(fod hus secn von, and vou have shown that you pear 
mon more than uow do God? Wow mueh then did 
wish my Joad back in my gun, and the buck alive, grazing 
in his own native forest! Wieked as | was, Twas accu 
tomed to pray tor luck in hunting; and [ believed then 
that God often heard and answered my prayers. Onee, 
in pardeular, my brother John and myself had boon 
hunting for three entire days without success, and were 
hungry as wolves. The leaves were so dry it was impos 
sible for us to get near enough to any game to shout it, 
Werry and taint, [prayed te Ged for help. My brother, 
being on the opposite side of a branch, as soon as TP rensedt 
praying, started up a buck, whieh ran direet!y toward me, 
I was asx inuch impressed with the belief that (od iad 
sent him as that he sent the ram to the thicket on 
Moriah. After coming near to me, he stopped, = 1 
shot hin. 

This tail a neiybbor and myself, a by our Wives, 
went some distance to gather ext-taile to miske theme Toda, 
as the ical beds were nearly wern owt. We entered npon 
the journey, and bel oot praeeeded many miles Gl on 
dog started up a bear, and soon ran it up a tree 


RUPs. SAE Ve PIG. [57 


jonah (howe only @ Sheth times when i let moe cane 
hk Spreng trem mx hegen back can while the dogs 


© aaa dighhtina, omit tearpiating t-ovsh ig arin. phuewl tha 
| fdr ease the heer «nd pulled the wizger, but 


thavand ovis, sob throes i down, and take my tom 
chemk wer song to ately when i binke lncwr aud ven 


Dy de ade ermine aiaaee aon wher atigice 


I Westel: he stopped, anal D shout Thaw, 


Ip -phrbepd re sliotiellge deka 


thomt checewn, to hunt aqpitcn tn comp. Roe ater we 


‘phew’, 1 heard the dogs a%er.e Bete. Leaning my bersu 


Whws esapanion, t ra half eqeile apd found. a lene 
hong. teanh ey.the dagen: Ts wee galing duck, hee auking 
ects pee pdt feeemngh eno a 
avin bie joslticn, T Yoused aed trol 
he fall; bat ielore Ef scald pabsadl ive was 


Bspey rrcamenig dtr Fanon up te: Inn, plonadt 


gmat his car, ak Riel him. Bore we ‘ea 


«gaan Oot slg hiked) Sancncd ab that CRaliore ek 


ied, am? m the morning we breaktisted: om die das 
iyet which hal locu wasting in dhe ssheoall aight ‘This 


toed. amationice ho rehect commivahbe delicsey. ‘Bimas 
 Rewadigne sabia, 4, bevwwen’> tad te better, oF the taacrow freee 


hp joie of aiele, bine T bag leas ta die They 
ghe dew cen Kaine oa padding al oonSostannetes 


Rae oping 2 theop goed triage: | 


Rilo, won cm eobeokge yoke tis ans; a8 1 bestah the preps 
wigy Ded by gong somnbiy, or sppesrshandad, wt exart 
lige aie Atay aeightbare. Tk Laing Jeri apes bu Ghali 
ashe Lge net gobo Bt mp bowds: aad whew. jedeomnet. 
pies nie ragereengs i iodcoy ei te tard ag 

bell dor-tha dhelis, whieh T siswuge baltorted wo amie.” 7 
hagiy spthag. of. Khe spetiau Wh tint -agpaty aker® cance 
muh ep exaauthos. Lied iney peeemtelon ous hand ned 
Ragen oF sb y Lie nde tatacgat oak cabessomtial 


158 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


improvemenis thereon, but all must so to pay the debts 
of another, Li made a clean sweep; took all my land 
and ail the money L had to the last farthing. L then 
vowed that 1 would never again, as long as 1 lived, go 
security for any living being. Right or wrong as: = 
yow may have been, | have kept it to this day. 

J consoled ay wite as weil as 1] could, and told sabe 
were youns, and had besun the world with nothing, and 
would do it avain. Ll requested her to stay at home, and 
Keep house, end JT would take to the woods and hunt. 
Bear-skins commanded a good priee—trom three to seven 
dollars, according to the size and quality. J spent the 
winter mosty in the woods, and sutfered much from lying 
eut at night without bed-clothes or bed, only as 1 could 
make one out of dry bark. LT wrapped skins around me 
wnd laid by the fire. It was a prosperous winter, and 
success, the most sanguine, crowned my days and nights 
of toil and privation, From the proceeds of my winter 
campaign, | was enabled to purchase as good a home ar 
that from whieh the law had ejected me, 

Thus 1 passed seven years, farming in the stummer anc 
hunting in the winter, and adding to my resources (il L 
had a comfortable home, with every thing necessary to 
make a backwoodsman happy. Bat my neizhbors became 
too numerous, and my hunting-grounds were broken in 
Upen by the ax of civilization; game became searce and 
hard totake: my ranges were broken up, and [had about 
come to the conelusion to ge to anew country. It seemed 
as though my happiness depended upen a life in’ the 
woods-—‘ the grand old woods.” where Nature hal erected 
her throne, and where she swayed her scepter, 

Alone in the deep sodtude of the wilderness man ean 
commune with himseli and Netare and her God, and real- 
ize emotions and thoughts that the crowded city never ean 
produce. ‘To oe sure one las said, ‘A wreat city is a 


BE. FARO 8. EAST. hey 
2 Sheets 2 nh thas we alecort wl depraved bwenadty, 
AN DPW Pcie J sete pio my ip avieolotsone, id, anand 
: ote enemies, wr dds wikl, webridied anibicen 
a reviiines commas cd eatbetuhpypahg all Wis 
. os. Not oy in the woods, Theory pride, anvy, 
ier ae ee ee The ony evil 
Gy thea Remi the wonds ix Melameholy. This: oil 
. hes: steak apon the heuttof thee wie awe aot found 
_ he exttiying portion whieh retigion impavis. Thane mae 
ns saees i tee wider whelp a yioony geeademy 
nelgue comm, and they often thepiee like esinantions guabe 
island af tlie tohoier. Rpeshing of Melaacholy, » anetaix 
paabcpyt 

out PH Sane eee 2 
a SP © pe tar att: he taney aes ak ewan me ar 
(pt Bis gad wai hor bed the Rpinttes ter ple, 
re Wee taaeses ane eels ovr tise sobnpea’ 0x She raven, 
NOE Race mines eee ofl pot, one: ugg ononad is Bhat 
oe “ite a etc Sho woven, Ii oy widebyinds af tear, 
2 yp Chased dietasted, ooginkgs bs dou,” 
| Ricbatied by the chins, ths hawker, sepectally W alume, 
Siyitelewns mebasboly: ated theatel saws may speaks 

ie Aone af agltuds,’’ the nied, witha “sem 
Say oa be ky th deendin 
WS Geely teas Ltols tile melanaboly etoal-mtar ane Eke 5 
Sia ceab-the thee a the xp: and were fe qanaibhy we 
‘sta out Tay thomglits, conjeatunay Antica, hepa, 
frets, tad tempietions while alow in the woolk,. fb would 
“ahi a! seeker unused i meh sovmex and sesome tions 
Aten = alistlng ndecatare would isck in apon tbe dead 
sed of thawtghs av the whirlpegl at passion; fonsing the 
oe ox solange’ te others end agsin tha Wh wondi few 
om in the even bear of tte wag. 

in one cocasion my feslings underwent «andes trang 


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10 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF © ~~ 
fermation by an incident which oecurred. 1 had been 
brooding in melancholy over my bad luck, when a large 
she bear, started up by my doys, broke the reverie. J 
shot at and wounded her; but she had attacked my dovs 
and was killing one of them. No time was to be lost, so 
Tran up and thrust my knife into her side. At this she 
relensed her hold of the dog and caught me by the ley. 
In my effort to wet released Twas thrown upon my back 
She then made an attach on me, and | telt that searcely 
any thing short of a miracle could save me. Already I 
gould sce her wide, distended jaws ready tou devour mie. 
The dogs, though wounded, recommenced the attack, and 
succeeded in pulling her off, and thus saved me from 
death. Being released, | succeeded in killing my enemy. | 
At another ume, my neighbor was with me hunting coos. 
At night the dogs caught some animal in a grape-vine 
thieket. Tran in to see what it was, and stooping down 
found myself directly between the horns of a liurge buch, 
which lad become entangled in the vine. Lo was now lit 
cruiv between the horns of a dilemma. My campanion 
eut the Lam-strings, and Toteok held of one horn end 
placed my feet on the other tor the purpose of throwing 
liam. At this he made ene jange, broke the vine, and 
threw ome some distance on my back. Had my leet 
supped, | would doubtless have been sored to death. 

Thus | have endeavored to give the reader some ae- 
comntof the scenes apd trials through whieh TD passed i 
hie woods of the west. 


l« 


ye) aa be ee ee ee 


REY. daar, ie BISLAT 161 


CU AVIEE VT. 


BELPRIOTS La, 


v erie waadlh acai ary as 
aia, Foi now go heck snd giveth reader some am 
canna ‘tay toligions edasiiios. Ax TBilces, comsanlest, 
— Leeaeetnieed, by Preshyiieriag pupsite, Sha suctonmary ii 
, thalGhesh,  castom ton, Ewoukd tama, worthy ofl 

poses, Spas teaglt tho extechiem. Foum this 1 Jeanged 
(hehe, tome all stent, Ket sheetnd scum eat anni 
cigs ie meallacestaae Sale, cal os bey Hae wpa lita, 
prbeiilan cies Anmvaidtieou Miitala Cosas Yscwll smt 
ter thee sigoam on fasten of stuck aprmentnre an Dhe part 
«f Got, ted He geve nt acvere wniaverakie iapiessat ie 
‘Pegeal te the charset af dhe Bayeort Baiag. d recut 
Hyily._ ditinady. ef Ising: apocqnd with Pum, cenier the 

Aa God’ hed deceamed: d ehowld apmaalt scat 
ratlanizy tod bo Reine te th Kscoswied with thas wae the, 
Rimlchicdy ae my. port) thes if be tad: Ges! decent; & 
Pie awege- he the team at Ged Tienda dampens 
see: om it iaahiley, ax amp pooh, to pamoatlin the pum 
iiiomibed.jhe anetans, ter the oxtimnistiod Of daa whisgh 
Gag et desgerd be shai oonomt, ond tha jaetice of 
Ghani iat She Snihiatiog of that gun ighanms: 

‘itace Bubloess wines cons sete lntiine-cadbadl ‘on: og to: eeiperst 
orm eehechionn,: ap we his onetien. dfs tho leasoe toe 
crn, toe qalldah oq ihe. Tike, aed eh, “tees, do pra 
poet Braplick,.“ Re, fottary Theor. 
oii de yom wat ea, any eon’? 

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162 AUTOMIOGRAPHY oF 


“Beeause donot see any use init. Uf lam one of 
the eleet, Twill be saved in God's sood time; and if I 
wm one of the non-cleet, praying will do me no geod, as 
Christ dia not die for them.” 

“Bas, dames, vou do net know whether you are one of 
the ciect or non-elect; and, as God has wisely coneealed 
this from yeu, you ought to pray, any how.” 

To this, of course, T eould make no reply, without reit- 
erating my former declaration of the needlessness of 
prayer, me aw 

This doctrine had well nigh-ruined me, and often I 
was harassed with doubt and temptation; and. at times, 
almost sunk into despair, Sometimes L was led to doubt 
the very existence of God. The Holy Spirit often eons 
vieted me, and | felt my Jost and undone condition as a 
sinner. These convietions were deepencd and strength- 
ened ander the prayers of my plous grandmother, am ae- 
count of whose death T have alresdy given. Not knew- 
ing how to seek the Lord, T] remained in this wretched 
condition til L was fifteen vears of age. At this time L 
had put into my bands Winchester’s Dialogues, the de- 
sign of which was to prove the final redemption irem lvell 
ot all. This J read over and over again with great care, 
awd it proved a sovereign balm to all my fears. It repe 
resented God as being so merciful, that it inspdred a love 
jor him, and 1 beesre a convert to the docasye of tre 
final restoration of all men to the favor of God. 1 read 
the Bible to establish my faith. and boldly advocated the 
doctrine with my Calviniatic associates, many of whom T- 
was enabled to overcome with my arguments, I sls» 
tock -ocvasion to show up the glaring ineonsistencies of the 
doctrine which saved or damned men arbitrarily. This, 
to me, was whelly incompatible with the atiributes of jus 
tice and amérey. Many of my companions locked upon” 
my views with favor, and were pleased with my profession 


ak, BEY. 26M RS B. PAR Le Te 
Sse Piteiiy i& ges to thet ting ponies alvak J 
ae) & ballorss im he redemptions eaxl. the gaurd 
; ~ shine: pasa amang tht Sagsders and Ooromsntitingi of 

> Klein wae Did: School Celvininin—thas da pester oat 
bed fevers g semngadic frome thigolaiel of bie inhare. 
Lincidth sale giao Geldof waded wich alder 
aay thats. One of the ables chtached ma ab 0 lop- 
oboe —— di thought he wenld demokeh it, sok cone 
eames for sitiowle. I tobe hime IE-pag But schoy, vind 
rot whole te anelnowark Witla inn, dak, # the would mmowur 
AG SRG GuaRKIOnA, ae Hs agreed 
inp pen, 


Then end 1. “Did Gheies die for xl ous eM 


Ry, bs dit go% dia for any bos deo sles,” Fé 
AER Soe, mangectonise bal Dison Y* 
aafem ng Apel: Mee. shes peotlnng hs chain i i 


_ Bak he Bevigtues say tha seprcbute la desutad der 
eee Hie thot believath tot, shad) be damped? Ney, 
# thried, Aid got dis Jor him, nesewsing Sy your system 
pape aplventsete thee sins ie in Vealt mas 

So abe miles eins bree be Bpmiaed Reg eee: 


3. + bie atin’ soudandids wd Quelle Beem aaieiny, 
Mg WA wae hie enn, he would some whip suakr a- 
dope toh of say band. J dol him, be emnid wick, uedoar if 
hed, beta erted. Sher tae TL Wacnen® soap chansons 
to Maw Iighetpned Calvininw, md ther lookat wpap mo es 
sory Gangerons io ele yomis geen, TWhie imorencre 
my. prevadicn, sd minted mir aniitiog, gad | conght 
any Gppartenity ty Rave mgd amdrased, o> shat] 
might suoccssfilly amiiad with me cpm.” Aa Sonia 


Lod WMUTORIOGRAPRY oF 


times my futh would waver, in spite of all my efforts to 
bolster it up, snd my conscience would sting ime with 
remorse. ‘The thought that perhaps the doctrine was not 
true, and my soul would be lost, would produce the most 
intense emoion in my mind. At that time there were 
none of those last and worst of all editions of Universal- 


ism, namely, that all will be saved, no matter what they 


believe, or what they do, heeause there was no devil, amt 
no hell; and, henee, none could go to a place which hus 


no existence, Such doctrines not being taught, 1 could 


not, of course, embenag. them; nor do I believe Twas ever 
so ignorant or wicked, the worst day I ever saw, as to be- 
lieve a doctrine so grossly inconsistent with reason and 
Seripture, so false in faet, and so dangerous in tendency : 
but L thought that if God had brought me into the world, 
without my consent, for his own purposes, it was no con- 
cern of mine. and all L had to do was to be honest, enjoy 
lite, and perform the errand of my destiny. 

Thus | entered fully and freely into all parties of pleas- 


ure, exeopt vambling, and although Leould hold a aed 


hand at eards, yet to play for stakes 1 had ne relish, 
Indeed, [ was afraid of this, for L always thought | couid 
see the devil presiding over such games. Daneing eon- 
stituted my chief joy; to enter its giddy mazes, and enjov 
iis frenzied whirl, aflorded me the most pleasurable ex- 
citement, Oecasionally | woutd take a spree; would 
swear When enory; and fight, when inealted, at the drop 
of ahat. Backwoods beys were brought up to the trade 
ef ‘‘hoock down, and drag out,” 

In the midst of ali this mirth and revelry 1 dared not 
think of desth and eternity, The thought was appalling, 
and in my momenta of calm reflection 1 would resolve 
upon a reformation of life, A strietiy moral life TI re- 
garded as the only true religion; and I beleved all whe 
led such a ive weaiid go to heaven, 


chet Wis the keosh wi « dvieaht 


RNY sR Bis eek img. 15S 


ee: 7 Apo siuseereat, bat eoutinuig he Bi TH, 
Rakite grewiag wer and wore, aR T anieed at Oy 
i eee al my age. Adeoat ie tee anpria agit 
wi thwnligion tawke ont in theo lginte Of Rertyrky. | 
wie mieiied with exch perches dhenmmebvpom ne tn ct 
dials “gordon atari ll ower the domtre, | It was feporad 
het Puadinois whe wiendad ihe nedtings wore suddenly 
i dewa, and wenkd Me tec bomeged, sometioes, for 
Gntpes th a state of tnaenaibility ; nd She when they te- 
Comte and ethane ont of Mate sisift thoy wo conn Ree 


priitiog Gad for ble pandaalag wercy aad redeealing hrret 


Thin meomisn was accompanied sith Chak stein ind ie 
Pg erent prerarscltreiemn ges cies in yrinioh 


foradione susp portbrales shone of Ye 
sinher-ahd. ciymen weew alitis anbject io these wouderiat 


Tee couttamen’ seated ley ese eopurte, wea of the, 


ante loka eid avtinidhing abaracter, Grass dheagha 
iivek Bhyo-n wid: was seaming to ay wav > oleae eit sham 
Ate ET coven wes acating nye Us somwldy ws w Soy 
fasted tied on the ndion totes sBEe shut 1 Wee the 
wih af th dorky, whe kik boom vediaesd: eo eknena, 
and: eucainieg the permente of te angel ak Warbt; wie pay 
cited to Cxartvs the abinleters ot waliygiom' cast de tev 
elect temensive: Muy al tho yoosdbers epant whole 
Babbosher te lasating to chew Gakiiwas tie -werk of the 
dwril, aml gctbing bat aby wills, tennisim, prodeced 
ret theses of tae cts’ al ‘dickastpancil itm- 
r@andion, Tiny sims umed tev congeaitus wet im or 


t 


Wred thenylGase sud wighed, masteiagpoha pre 


e 
; a, 


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106 “AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


near these places, as they would be symipathetently 
affected, and would, in all probability, be ded to indulge 
inthe same wild ond irrational vagaries. Their instrue- 
lions and exhortations, however, were lost, and it seemed 
that the exposition only increased the desire of thousands 
to vo and see for themselves. 

In the month of August, 1801, | learned that there was 
ty be a great meeting at Cane Ridge, in my father’s old 
congrevation, Peeling a wreat desire to sce the wonderful 
things whieh had come to my cars, and having been solie- 
Hed by some of my old schoolmates to go over into Ken- 
tucky for the purpose of revisiting the scenes of my boy- 
hood, L oresulved to go. Obtaining company, 1 started 
vom ony woody retreat in Highland county. Having — 
reatlhed thee neighborhood of ae sas: we iuas ind 
put up for the night. The family, who seemed to be 
pested in regard to all the movements of the meeting, 
cheerfully answered all our inquiries, and gave us all the 
information we desired, The next morning we started 
for the menting. On the way T said to my companions, 
“Now, if Dall it must be by physical power and not hy 
singing and praying; and as [ prided myself upon my 
manhood and courage, | had no tear of being overeome by 
ony nervous exeitabiliiy, or being trightened into religion. 
Weoarrived upon the ground, and here a seene presented 
liselt toany mind net only novel and unaccountable, but 
awtul beyond deseripien, A vast erowd, supposed by 
some io have amounted to twenty-five thousand, was eol- 
lecied together. The noise was like the roar of Niagara. 
The vast sea ot human beings seemed to he agitated as if 
by astorm. lecounted seven ministers, ail preaching at 
one time, some op stumps, others m wagons, and one—-the 
fiev. William Burke, now of Cincinnatimwas standing on 
. tree which bed. in filing, lodged againsi another. 
Some of the people were singing. others praying, sone 


re ROT. Danae B. BIW LS, AGT 
pe coining yest wedisromals. “Witie sritaossing aooes 
Bee a bormlierle-wresge eeuestion, sxatae EF had mere 
Sat Getliney come execwe, Mp heart, oat tunehamondy,. 
we hateo imshled: ay ihe queried. eel Ciolt ae though 
be the ground. 4. setngs atpicetiece) pone 
has gocwadduls ate mace of ania thes collosisd. 
Foes 
; tapi Desrm Soom sex Ef leds gad: wand inte. the anode. 
| ne np wee io vally wed song gp say oourage. i 
Het terpiacnphins Im, rogeed to these “wonder fyl aati. 
hiauechiag thon into mes spuapwihrtis. falas 
Siwdeh; religions antausiasta, jmzpiaed ‘by semge aed abe- 
shan Recjagess. My puidks wao-wonmiad, fo & Seed attyp 
foyer seared aad payeboad sewogt ps. gee 
Cid inst anoomiaialiy soning thane inflame. — 9) | 
‘Gow! ecame: dimen T remind to the eeane ofa 
wero whdek, Af gonmle, fend vison mal 
Banca, nitaluen: of feelin atimpnar we. f inerane 
thas eliog, where L eoul} hove a lenin sreay of tive 
iEgiod ore-of humanity. The scree tint then preowned 
| inal to any mand wis fadeseribable - At one time 1 yaw 
8 igaet feo hundind swept doyn in pimoment, is i a 
betley af « thoaenat grime tad beep opeesd-upow them, 
natn tan. Dene Backed Kodera. alkalies ated ghepieter thot 
omc espana, My balk mon wp on my heed, my 
“ae htane Regetind, in Diged tam woh mp bay yeaa, wee. 
| et. ae p hive apse moetong?! Gms, endwehed Lad aise 
- (Whee I wemaloes Rese any iandings teenie 
| pilcnpal penal & s6any of aeGeeation nod. 
ORCA 44 onind yeex aoe, ese thew ghs T oes 
gig late. Taeve bela o. yeyor spond hell eatile olf, 
T-anpdladeil Ao po and. get agen. Jemindy, pod ean Ht i 
peli net sinemetires ay nerves, “SXbom L anived: checs 
se eet a fies haga ans eee ae ye mg 


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168 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


saw about one hundred men engaved in drunken revelry, 
playing ecards, trading horses, quarreling, and fighting, 
After some time Lyeot to the bar, and took a dram and 
left, feeling that L was as near hell as 1 wished to be, 
either in this or the world to come. The brandy had no 
effect in allaving my feelings, but, if any thing, made me 
worse, Night at length came on, and | was afraid to see 
any of my companions. [cautiously avoided them, fear- 
ing Jest they should discover something the matter with 
me. In this state L wandered about trom place to place, 
in and around the encampment. At times it seemed as if 
all the sins L had ever committed in my life were vividly 
brought up in array before my terrified imagination, and 
under their awful pressure F felt that T must die if 1 did 
not vet relief ‘Then it was that Lsaw clearly through the 
thin vail of Universalism, and this refuge of lics was 
swept away by the Spirit of God. Then fell the seales 
from my sin-blinde dl eyes, and L realized, in all its force 
and power, the awful truth, that if I died in my sins I 
was a dost man forever. O, how | dreaded the death of 


the soul; for 
“There isa death whose pang 
Outlasts the fleeting breath: 
O what eternal horrors hang 
Aronnd the second death!” 


Necwithstanding all this, my heart was so proud and hard 
that Pwoull not have fallen to the ground for the whole 
state of Ientucky. [felt that such an event would have 
been an everlasting disgrace, and put a final quiets on 
uv boasted manhood and courage, At night [| went toa 
barn in the neighborhood, and creeping under the hay, | 
spent amest dismal night. Lreselved. in the morning, 
to start for home, for [ felt that I] was a ruined man, 
Finding one ot the triends who came over with me, 1 said, 
Captain, let us be off: Twill stay no longer.” The as- 
sented, and getting ony horses we started for hume. We 


moe ok HO The Ne ay ie eer  Wipetl aa 
eR ah Sie Iie Tak isaohe. Eo iaiite Ue athena Webel 
ches Gres. Dorie te, Te hae peng Witers, 
St We Be avai: Te the tote, the traigtaiis of fie soul 
ia them wpe, aid T examen, Capea, 1 yeu and 
iii soap ir Wielodness The «lovit wilh wwe ue heth. 
Tit tmp: Tim my “ctreaning eves the batter tear 
iit Leonel scarcely retrant inait sereaming alowd, This 
Caria Syd mbarenell) ity CADPALION, a he catered 


weapis hie, Might apprissking, we pal up sear Maye 


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Atier a ime T returned to my companion, and we started — 
enour journey. QO what a day it was to my soul! the 
Sun of righteousness had arisen upon ne, wad all nature 
seemied io rejoice in the brightness of its Tising. The 
tees that waved their lofty heads in the forest, seemed io 
bow thaw tn udorstion and praise, The living stream of 
salvation Howed into my soul. Then did I realize the 
truth of that hymm Lohave so frequently sung: 
“2 feel that heaven is nuw besun; 
Tt issies from the spurkiing throne— 
From Jesus’ throne on high: 
Tt comes in floods ] can’t contain; 
Tdrink, and drink, and drink again, 
And yet am ever dry.” 

Ttold the captain how happy L was, and was often inter- 
rupted, in a recital of my experience, by involuntary 
stiouts of praise. f felt a love for all mankind, and re- 
proached myself! tor having been such a fool as to live so 
lowe in sim and misery when there was so much mercy for 
mae, 

At lensth we arrived at home, and 1 teld my wife what 
erent things the Lord had done for me. While L spoke 
she commenced weeping, and began to seek the Lord. 1 
siso told my brother John, and soon the news spread 
throush the whole neighborhood that Finley had obtained 
roigien. The dificulties the Christian has to encounter 
beve to he learned by experience. When [ was converted, 
1 did not conceive how it was possible that even a single 
bade of trouble could cross my peaceful breast, [soon 
found, however, that the 

“World was no fiend ie grace, 
To help me on to Ged 27 
and thac if J would reign as a king and privst with God 
and the Lamb forever, I must fight; that the only way 
lo the crown wae by the cross. There were no religi 
persons in the netyhberhood, and no religious meetings to 


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theme of Chistian eaciely. 1 bedcommapeot. fnauly 
phe, ond meding tbe Rosiptums whenever J had 0.lgie 
mr moe The backwoots Christen is shot ay to hq 
Vibise and L have woodered i dhe quest imiltigtioaticn af 
bnaks dee tot had e deleiagions teudamoy, i diverting the 
wind dione the Pile; inst ae thy augliiplickce of diego 
: SENOS Se SET ET TS Se Sen 
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twerwsssly Soa it, for Hwee neon for ack gen bows ated 
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ee pangle «€ God 1 cad ast joke Abn Eanobyvainn 
Ghsreh: ee 1 Bd mot bellows im the decir of Wreshdie 
tinal! Weetien aad ragecitetion, b want te a Bow Tight 
nin atoning, 20 ud if Leow! Red a Rees emeing tind 
"Pape bot then Linourd hele decitine om tie gugiatun 
Hot iene hte, | we wet po With them; dor T 
ats sew neared I Chetee ren non Wied. he sinislch, met 
si <atoy ewwk. [bot spake @ jeer “cone. power) Gemcme 
Mee of Sat seth as the aoqnegtion of me cam spal, 
ih Peruldbnieter debe, tea mammal: taint he we Ged, 
wall aay Bot dela theme dissed], tad peru 
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173 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF - 


For a while T thought | would try and tavel to heaven 
alone. ‘Thus Leontinued for about eighteen months, dur- 
ing Which time the prayer meeting was discontinued. My 
attention was directed to the immorality of some protess- 
ors of religion, known by the name of Seceders, which 
had an unhappy ctlect on my mind. Some cf them 
seareely hind the form of godliness; the power they never 
knew. One of them was carried home intoxiested, and 
the next Sabbath Jo saw him at the communion table. 
This, to me, was a great stumbling-block. 

Shortly after my conversion L was exercised on Gun wnt 
ject of preaching the Guspel, and so much so, that L could 
not rest, day or vight. L thought it a temptation of the 
devil, and prayed to be delivered from it, but L could not 
shake off the conviction. I belonged to no Chureh, and 
consequently there was no way of getting into the min- 
istry. Tonce opened my mind to a Presbyterian clergy- 
man, and he gave it as his opinion, that I should study 
theoloey at least three years, before TP couid be at all 
qualitied to preach. Ll thought it would be folly for me 
to make the attempt; and henee L resisted the endl, till, 
from a state of robust health, | was reduced almost toa 
walking skeleton, 1 had lost all my comtort, and became 
gloomy and desponding. Religious exercises in my family 
became a great tusk and burden, One morning | went 
out inte the weocs, and there told my Maker, at [aust 
preach the Gaspe|, or wo to hell, that the latter must be 
my portion, as L had not the least qualifieations tor the 
work. Just then all comtort and hope left me, and I was 
so miserable that T wandered in the woods for months, 
not desiring to look upen the face of any human being. 
Family prayer wes given up, and then foilowed, im the 
sad train of evils connected with backsliding, the aban- 
doament of praver sliogether, and a return to my former 
companions. To mitignie, if possible, my wretchedness 


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Ningtsiiind tee Sasooe te onter its magi: wieke. 1 bad 
“wes heen lone thvere iil w lady invited me tx dane with 
her. Trememkask that if she weald get sears eave ti dance 
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pong Ske sndiwed extremely tron a wormed con’ 
sid Sarhedigebeieth Pod ipnphcanamrubsn nae Flas 
Ss -tsabaadasil Saplcindaen te icastmobeinns : 

* Pinas E gurensd the way -of si,, onaking csiedauet dices 
gealdige plorwures, fox a period of inee pore. My apes 
werw. biindad,. mor heort bard es adement § bed oe 
phate, we hops, and wee withost-God ih tee weld. A 
engi of wy formar hegwiness world cscesionally, fo 
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Lae coping void, thah- vanity -comld never’ Cig end, 
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174 AUTORTIOGRAPITY OF 


change for the short-lived pleasures of sin, and a desolute 
heart. 

In the fall of 1806 brother John and myself started 
out on our fall hunt. We were on horseback, and follow- 
ing a narrow path. I was a few paces in advance; and, 
as we were winding up through the thieket, my gun, 
which wes on my shoulder, went off suddenly. In the 
most awfal suspense Lever experienced in all my lite, | 
stopped, and listened to hear my brother fall fream his 
horse. After the shock was over, fearing to look reund, 
the long agony was broken by my brother, who hed 
recovered from the shock, saying, & Brother James, 1 am 
not hurt”? This relieved me for the moment, but my 
soul was soon tossed by the tumultuous raginus of despair, 
All my sins erowded upon me like so many demons of 
darkness; my disobedience to God, my backslidinus all 
rose before me, and it scemed to me that hell was just at 
hand, and that soon TP must plinge into its dismal abodes, 
No imagination, had it the fervor or flight of a Milton, 
or Dante, could conceive, or pen deseribe the horror of 
darkness and despair that enveloped my wretched, ruine:! 
soul, 


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CaP TS iE. 

a pvenee LIFE CONTINTED, 
Van and tally T tareled ou in dlonce, woder the 
te eter predating gf my: “epinte-burden, cocasionsl ly ati- 
trertng 8 ection from, soy Brothe. iter liwsinp! ar 
on 9, oak piace of samping, we cpenceled, belled, tusesel 
as uae ancl started. ie-che wood in diferast diges- 
eka, ta ‘huwt.~ Having chisined whet T-deained, which 
wed to be Sipen—for the doavh ca one keow and appre- 
ent ihe ont itternsee—-t vemlined, if yowaitle, ia diperens- 
y eny. Yo wy teelinge of wevichedineh, aad aay 
punted hagglaation Bed the woods with demons of Saab: 
me - Ribas Pernt fea) thety Rarivi proxaity. ond 
waste seated is ace if 2 bas sot digenetr em cs 
‘wars.’ dust thea this temptaiion was enggestod ta 
Gul: “You art.cas at the reprobetes: Christ acvar 
dnd Sor 70%; sid God, has puieed pcs wp, ah he did Pie 
fil, te stiow hin mighty porrer, in poms sternal destro- 
Toe had Getter iii goureelf with your gum, sad 
bs wares OF yore westshed wee; tor the tonger 
‘the ances shy yoo will coutimit. aad, done) the 
© Gill be your damuestion.’> MWhie temptation tithe 
ie twomentons Jovess it esemed irpesistibie, 2nd 1 
wre un tho point of plalding, whet, foabMess, my beer 
auly Father, ih saney, inlergceed « thought of iy fasnily. 
“Show, chopight 2, “ail ney tear wilh and peirent feel, 
Wien oy Dody ig fund, pevkape tamgied und. torn by 
wild tensa Ages the tmpan soatied we with call 
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17h AUTORTOGRAPEY OF 


conclasien of falling by my own hand. While in the very 
act of preparation to commit the fatal deed, my blessed 
Lord—who has no plersure in the death of a sinner— 
again imerposed, and the following words came to my 
mind, as sensibly as if audibly pronounced: “There is 
yet merey with God, if you will seek it.” At this, I 
threw down the deadly weapon, fell on my knees, and 
prayed for merey. confessing all my euilt and sin, and 
sacredly vowing, if God would restore my former pexee, 
JT would do any thing he would require: ay, that | 
would even try to preach the Gospel of his Son. L was 
not conscious how Jong L remained in this state of agony 
and prayer. When Lrose from the ground, | picked up 
my gun, ran back to the camp, fired it off, rolled myself 
up in my blanket, and, throwing myself on the ground, 
lay there til my brother John, who hearing the report of 
the rifle, came into camp. When he arrived, finding me 
lying down, he asked me if lwas siek, or what was the 
matier. He had a kind of presentunent that wl was not 
right, and, henee, he hastened to the camp on henring 
the report of the eun. Lb told him [did net know what 
was the matter with me; but ever since the gun hed wane 
of in the morning, T felt as if he should die, and go to 
hell; and “0, my brother,” said I, cif the ball had hit 
yeu, vou would have been in torments before this time.” 
This seered to convict him deeply; and, as we were both 
unfiited for hunting, we determined on returning home, 
Still Thad no peaee, and TL praved, and sought for 
merey day and night. The hand of the Lord was 
wavy upon me.’ Tread the Bible, but it only increased 
my condemnation, T found no happiness in the society 
of any one, and fled to the woods every day, 1 did net 
dare to take my gun with me, for fear [ should, in the 
hour of the power of darkness, commit suicide. Instead 
of this, took ay Bible, and although it flashed owt in 


ia terany <im,-siel ml. L theaght I had complied, che 

auger teal sin, and despair, with fe ghomgy horwrn, 

Rae hep dows, in ad is snlion power, epom amy 

Giceevees treed put joto. my hamde’ “Kassei’s 
*) This hrok Lised with the apost dial 

bor: tntaamce. 1 thinly awmmed ies cbptonie, and andeat: 

reed om Ant han 18 come glanin of Log 

ee ow es tanne of -teg & cite. one, 

Sel ge 5 ama Magen Mingates” 

Emenee Shomer MR AE Gene eee Peete 

a te joes a balm tw wie weanwled xpleit, 

Seuin spemng up in ny heart, and D was contorted 

the eonvievion that God would have merey and 


pardon. 

| oGlne. dag poe wile moniiogted, great amcaty ae-hom. me 
ao with Lire koa Methortias praper wad alacs menting shew 
iy maine ciaonh, Dak my peejetions wise ex toon apslinct 
tiesogeaple that I aeald-pok thinh.ot aah @ ahieng, reac, 
“figtgraiting wuports I had) bots) eameupring the Matkodints, 

i balendh Guay wera thes worst wl oll dawwivers, ail. Peoe- 
ail eng wiald crosire tn very oliet themelyes, Oy 
) she whe mich Aistod, aod, aged cat and 
) Pid: ecana recren ints, annh Sawbeted ad ae Jeo 
ip ease Lied ave the Dereon qual wre wonld 
gy, Whee, we ssrived Sues me, pregatn, seed te 
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1S ‘AUTOBIOGRAPHY oP 


was, “What has broneht him to mecting?* The time 
having arrived for meeting to commenec, it was opened by 
singing and prayer. | conformed to the rales, for ] never 
was wieked enoweh, devil though T was, in the estimation 
of the people, to persecute the righteous, or show my ill- 
breeding and vulgarity by disturbing a worshiping assem- 
bly, vor would J suffer any one else to do it where T was 
without correcting them. After several preyers, the 
leader—Mr. Sallivan—rose and said, “We are now going 
to bold our class meeting, and all who have enjoyed. this 
privilege twice or thrice will please retire, while those who 
have not and are desirous of heing benetited by the exer- 
cises may remain.” L was anxious to be benefited, and 
being favorably impressed, thus far, with the exercises, 
concluded to remain, My wife also kept her seat. The 
members of the class eved me very closely, and I eould 
ensily tell by their furtive glanees that my room would be 
better than my company. The leader, as is custonrury 
on stich oceusions, opened the speaking exercises by relat 
ing a portion of his own experience, in which he spoke 
feclingly of the goodness of God to his soni. After thie 
he spoke to the rest in order, inquiring into their spiritual 
prosperity; addressing to them such langnage of instrac: 
tion, encouragement, or reproof, as their spiritual states 
seemed to require. It was atime of profound and power 
ful feeling: every soul seemed to be engaved in the work 
of salvation. I was astonished beyond all expression. 
Instead of the ranting. incoherent declarations which J 
had been told they made on such occasions. 1 never 
heard more plain, simple, Seriptural, common-sense, yer 
eloquent views of Christian experience in my life. After 
ail the members hed been spoken to the leader came to 
me, and, in a courteous, Christian manner, inquired into 
my religions condition. To his kind inquiries 1 could 
eoly reply in tears and sighs; for L felt as if my very 


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vont Troe with va omeylatining omer of any 
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flatness Ban Narass, Tr aed oath tes the 


“wad speeting my me fy sites Fi Bet 
Titsse)’s Sermons, antl pratet: 11 Thursday, 
: at apart as a tay tor slew fsciiae, himarihatiqn. 
lt ee ‘The must af the day wes sport ia the holo 
: ‘the Biie, aod prnping. Ta the avenig I 
wren Tetras a, sBet Rilendiog to some Usticn, weet oi 
priate tae weoda, athe dat, detensad, fT prttched, 
ee eee i ustactod; av a pines tor 
My cnpplicattone, @ Were posi wes, wed, goting da the 
‘tue cs foo the wind, T seveped away the anos, 
Gant aye teed Gets. Nore 1 proyok ard wine Go 
Ppamaght: hes, T URE ccsttnetel, Me fond of ait 
2 tome ont Be sopentions of cold whieh | hs? axgeri- 
detand Wore ale goed, The wosther scomed pleasats, and 
‘Petr aw sdring: 1 arose, ated "went -bowpe, led: with 
Grinads to Deed, her big torzivtiy mercy end helecmiig 
“on “Ppad uct vecebred the didct witueat of the Sout 
Garek wees che of God but yer Ifnew wy cine wer 
prs Lend my wit-waltier Se wee, wad oe Tee 
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‘ea nares he abla 90 th the cvationde T (elt to tad, Wal 
‘Pie uated to ewahe “owt of bell: weed Tthoaght 1 
Teer sence ere inelin ge toni wiln, When, loiny tater 
iithvems, Itomer her coumed ja -ooeraw, wal bade iy 
"A feniintely exnes forthe. parma: ol pole to orp 
hay, (oopray. Tvat ws TD prosed tye comma of he hei 
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fell, my whole length, in the snow, and shouted, and 
praised God so loud. that was heard over the neighbor- 
hood. As soon as | was able to rise, Ll returned to the 
house, and my wife having risen, 1 caught her in my 
arms, and ran round the house, shouting, ‘Salvation! 
salvation! God has again blessed me with his pardoning 
love.” No doubt many would have said, had they seen 
me, “This man is drunk or crazy.’ But | was not 
“drank with wine, wherein is exeess;) but Lo was ‘filled 
with the Spirit’? For an hour L eould do nothing but 
praise the Lord. While thus exercised. L felt’ as though 
some one had spoken to me, “(ro preach my Gospel.” 
T instantly replied, Yes, Lord, if thou wilt go with ime.” 
LT did not stop to confer with flesh and blood, but hurried 
out, as fast as T could, to my nearest neighbor, and called 
all the family tovether, and told them all that God had 
done tor my soul; and to all within my reach that day L 
proclaimed arisen Savior, who had power on earth to for- 
vive sins. ‘This produced a powerful excitement in the 
neighborhood. The next inerning my brother Willian 
and his wife, on their way to a Christmas frolic, calted, 
and L persuaded them to alight and warm themselves. 
They assented, and came in. So soon as they were 
senied, L closed the door, and commenced preaching to 
them repentance and remission of sins, and related what 
God had done for my soul. At this they wept; and, 
placing before them chairs, LT told them to kneel down, 
and Lwould pray for them. They kneeled. and 1 poured 
out my seu} to God in their behalf. This was the first 
mourner’s bench | had ever seen or heard of 1 per- 
stated ther to abenden their design of gome to the 
Christiass trove, and go home, and seek the salvation of 
their souls. This they did, and, in a few days, found 
pesee in believing. 1 tien invited the Methodists to-come 
te my house and held prayer meetings; which they did. 


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in prayer, asking for grace and wirdom, to enable me to 
discharge the onerous duiy whieh resied like a mountain 
upon me. After prayer P sang again, and then appreach- 
wigamy venerable fyiher, who had been years in the min- 
istry of the Presbyterian Church, I inquired how his 
soul prospered. He arose, and related his expericnee, 
the various trials through which he bad passed, and the 
wonderful providences of God in his behalf. 1 then pre- 
eeeded to my qaeiher, who had previously been much 
adfieted at my having joined the Methodists; but she 
was a good woman, and when she found that her views 
of that people had been formed upon incorreet and preju- 
diced reports, she confessed her error, and glidly ae- 
knowledyed them the people of God. From: my parents 
LT passed round to cach one in the house, talking and 
singing, exhorting, and oceasionally shouting the praises 
of God. After having Jed all in the house, 1 went out to 
the yard, and while passing round there amony my neigh- 
bers, telling them what God had done for my soul, aml 
how happy [ was in religion, my father continued the 
meeting in the house by singing and prayer. Frem the 
yard LT passed into the lane, speaking io all im course, 
Many would aurn round, and lean on the fenee. and weep. 
Such atime I never saw before, nor have L seen sinee, 
And many were convicted, and, trom that hour, began to 
seek religion. 

A few weeks after this zeneral class niin was held, 
L was required, by one of the preachers, to take a text, 
and try io preach. This, in my estimaiion, was getting 
along a litle ton fast: but. as an obedien? sen in the Gos- 
pel, I yielded to his entreaties, and endeavored to exhort 
the people. I had determined to face duty at all hagards; 
sad, waiving my objections to the superior judgment. of 
one who had been in the work, | resolved that 1 would 
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meres. The mecting lasted til evening, and [announcer 
that, after a short intermission, we would have a prayer 
meeting, Wher the time arrived, the people came 
together again, and, during the exercises of singing, 
prayer, and exhortation, many were converted, and one 
brother professed sanctification, At this point the excite- 
ment increased, and several were taken with the jerks. 
The next day L went home through the woods, and was 
so happy that To sung and shouted alternately during 
almost the entire Journey. 

About this time | was visited by my old German friend, 
at whose house Lwas converted in Kentucky, and had a 
most delightful interview. He was deeply expericneed in 
the things of God, and gave me much important instruc- 
tion. He told me Lo was now a babe, and would tre- 
quently be alarmed, and, in trying to walk, would be 
easily thrown down; but, like the child learning to walk, 
Timust not be discouraged, but get up and try again: that 
To must never suppose that my temptations and trials 
would be too sreat for me to encounter; but that, by one 
durance, | would grow stronger, and also more watehful. 
«The devil,” said he, “is like the shepherd’s dog in Guv- 
many. He will sometimes worry the sheep, but it teaches 
them to keep up with the flock? Revivals of religion 
he seid were dike a strong wind, which blows the trees all 
one way, but, as soon as the storm is over, the most of 
them will tly back. He said [had to be dried, sade 
into the army, and, as a faithful soldier, fight against the 
world, the flesh, and the devil. °*Now,’' said he, * yom 
think all that profess religion are good people: but there 
are many hogs among the sheep, and you may be able ro 
distinguish between them; for when a hoe comes toa mud 
hole, he will put his nose into it, and erunt, and lie down 
in if; but the sheep will go around it, as they do not like 
the mud. In your Chrotun hte vou will have many 


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S sill op 


_ WOE! Ree R, Peeper - 1s5 


| he Them: dee ther will cee tt yom, aol ak 


ay Se ote seas wea Mal, Ye wi scouae oir aff 
¢ thites, end rte taake yom Iuliers you. aw aothing 

ie painted hy peniin, ed Dever hed any peligion: - Toa 
ro edly with the dey ak sic) Ghece, Herp if gna 
i taimtedly chant yous hin tell his oo away 
ums noe Genet, al pany pow! Ta kapper. end thes 
a Ped “wtih. macy dak gated thine? the 


SE ees, sid ry Were of exintial etrview Gr after lite, 


jones. beeame eo Rage “that noze of. the 
enhanc ‘te “She “heighborhaod eiald asemmscdata show: 
Te qhtidie this diftonity; we colltattd together aud gent 
a @ aeiedingchense; wad the Lord octtinged te revives he 
oink, Wrucing the month of Marth: the quency ante 
echoed adeadcherbureaerc pars 
Akio tasoting f eembved: to go;-oud “wheat the 
Lh, Gite % wether at we started. vkiwiring ‘at 
Sookay ek toe vel se fens dle Steen, wrea 


Se Daihs, wot, as ¥ wes Rapoedhie t did, aml wo. erat 


britany Castatiption ieing at head, my cdtepamy tacked 
wey Ltn got, homern, oo eudhy detangged 1 lod 
etuty bout apoe the someting, cid T wae deteresined om 
‘Ghee, 22. all basards, Riding inte the watery 
with hed creedigwed the Thethomd, P cumen te 4 thee 
Piel bal toon wasted os, wal Tetiged aataee the saan 
etiod, cssuvning with anthen wes wf Cie shbe af tho 
sot, Mog te tha TM opto? es wae, T tack aff the 
colic andbyidle, wind wmed wey Locos lomo, thos aianle 
tagitip i enghhny aed-bowding Yi dows, ied Shem: ts tho 
top, amd let thems owing ap... Thou Lyendell vat te te. 
mee, aiated, top ih gt iyo Yow eg ev aa ler, wates 
diving peso’ wren, sad wide aut to dey fed, 7 wes 
absrennwly wet, cut oid, eet Titi san “mag Mnaoh, Sheinlient 
ied, pind: We con mee weer | 
dt oe 1 apterok the onetiaghews the ‘prosulngg 
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186 ATTORIOGRAPAY OF.» 


elder—Rey. John Sale—was reading his text from the 
cighty-fourth Psalm: The Lord God is a sun and shield: 

the Lord will give grace and glory ; no good thing will he 

withhold from them that walk uprightly.?’ 1 was greatly 

refreshed and benetited by this discourse. When he con- 
cluded, to my great astonishment, one of the preachers 
present called to me to come and exhort, and close the 
meeting, L was overwhelmed for a moment, and scarecly 

knew what to do: but Ldare not refuse; so l went, and 

told my old companions in sin what reat things the Lord 

had done for my soul, and what he was willing to do for 

each and every one of them. While J was speaking, the 

Lord blessed me abundantly, and many hard-hearted sin- 

ners wept. On Sabbath morning the Jove-feast was to be 

held. This was entirely new to me, as lL never had been | 
in one before. Lt was a most deeply-interesting occasion, 

As one atter another spoke of the goodness of Gud, my 

soul swelled with gratitude and jey, amd, being unable to 

contain myself any longer, | osprang from my seat, and 

shouted the praises of God with an overtlowing heart. 

The excitement at this point rose to its greatest hight, 

ened it was impossible to distinguish between the shouts 

of joy and the eries for merey. 1 thought and felt as if 

heaven had come down to earth. In the afternoon the 

saerament ol the Lord’s supper was administered ; and as 

Lonever had partaken of this holy communion before, it 
was time of great selexamination, and deliberate, sol- 

emn ecuseeration to God on my part. Powis much blessed 

in portaking of the emblems of the broken body and shed 

blood of my Redeemer, 

A litle cireunstanee occurred while [was at this mcet- 
ing, Which tented wonderfully te eontirm my faith in re- 
word to trust in God for temporal blessings. When I ett, 
home Thad tat fitty cents in my poeket, which 1 was’ 
taking to Hillsboro, for the purpose of paying a debt. 


re 


BAP. JRWRR Be SIMERY, Isa 


Hate thes notlestion wna thee, xp op Ledbath, a single 
enero, te HD Whniher hakoa hd theaw tb daw 
ty aa of the Leet, gi seoorng. ih ioe the pe poneyt 
‘Boyige frat deb, 1 did wot empgece thet the parent 
af any debi gem cance) avid. Om the sabjert af my 

Negrinpeas " ithe Guaped there was ne donbs: beet ae L 


aed, Leth, demands ah the astine time, 1 wpe 


 Steagested. thet I pay the man tec whom I awed the saa I 


Grek, Aj the agind tinue 1k waa euggeaiod shat I 
mie 58 to, the suppsotadt the Gospel and gmat the 
The. wgecsibos prevaned, snd 1 threw 4 

I wi’'s fenenry. The nasi merulng « men com, 
ig sysha, owed me a dollar apd.q, ball. ¢ dob’ whisk t 
leu Ieee cogarded aa log, and never azpetiod to reonive 
9 ily A HS SO eee ee 
F ko iew im he hereeia.””, Fok pesd wap sendy qund raed 
hegre he, trast in God shell meaae be oat 


: a dis mmigiing TL retrned hemes, fongl may he dhe 


ambexe Lihat int them. sme ay doree he Sha 

odkbewnt this tan.my cid acaceinten, who, had teed 

cone. sshyeane to gat me Beak tothe baggaely clsmaas of 
then. ook, ag inet pesowt though! sear would. ty perem, 
aution, , Thay sought ix ley sverg feupintion um acy wax, 
Ada, el oraziona shaved, aad. clanderpd.atiy for: the past 
Ye, Peeing tas, so ager, The gence af Bod, hows 
rare, ign rsiiAient, and fallin tp aonnkegith thot gerbe 
aod, thes ecaias svided, staotas Chemeoinns.- On iive 
eagagiog &, Wigked wae pain 7, hs place abere fone 
welling op, tbe sad ie oningeny wits ie eeighbere, al 
the. dining, wed: pushing me “vialanily, marad. aap tor 
aMotholiag tor. X cheaged amr and oaid nothing. 4d. 
ie, another suas aleginsd ye bo thin, ope who tad sSimagd: 
is ang, corapd. ina for a oop ed, raumiieg, Bix montis 
POOR Wondd ing alors. bane, dearer boy dar gonts pert Tea 


18S AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


done to Finley, than you wenld to put your head in the 
fire; for he would liave knocked all your teeth down your 
throat in an instant; and if you insult him again Twill 
whip you like a dow.) This same man went, on election 
day, to another fellow who was in the habit of busing 
me by the most opprobrious epithets, and said to him, | oR, 
the Methodists had a council last night, and have come: to 
the conclusion, that inasmuch as you are constantly abus- 
ing Finley, that if you do so again they have given him 
the liberty to give you a sound flogeing, and they will not. 
Church him for it. Now, T advise you as a friend, if you 
wish to keep a whole hide, to keep out of his way.” At 
night he told me he had seen R., and related what he had 
said to him. 1 told him he did wrong, for the Methodists 
had done no such a thing. He said he knew that, but 
he was determined to cool the fellow off. I give these 
incidents as a specimen of some of the trials I had to en- 
counter in the onset of my carcer as a Christian, 

1 was greatly exercised, at times, about my call to 
preach, and passed through some of the most severe con- 
fiets, lasting for whole weeks together, TP still held prayer 
meetings and exhorted, and occasionally tried to preach, 
My father had joined the Methodist Church, and fre- 
quently lectured and preached. On one oceasion, at our 
meeting, he tried to reconcile the Calvinistie notion of im- 
puted righteousness with Wesley's teaching, and put a 
construction en Wesley's words which, whether lesitimate 
or not, was not Methodistie, according to my notion of 
things. As soon as he was through. | rose in the congre- 
ention and said, t+ Father, yeu can no more reeancile Cal- 
vin and Wesley than you can darkness and light, or error 
and truth, and there is no use of your trying to do so. 
Permit me to say, if vou area Methodist be one, and if 
you are a Calvinist be one, for L want truth to prevail 
every-where, and every man to be really what he is.’ 


ag 


neY. cio (firey . yea 


ip ibiiaen, Yeah Lack gost weal Yoo the tov which bed 
ple we ies. This Smtyinie wes sled applied to ay 
i Peer lovetk tether oF seether meee. tex 


of ih a te vague, to gins ‘payieal ap sumineivaly to 
Soe erouks cul minister of ihe Goepel, I: uetiled tute aap 
nye scegae te the Divise wil Yo theughi f. eculd 
Retr ats 2 local peomeker aremid the emunts, aad onjor 
aliche trowatite sid. Meseines of donrestia Wo; md yet I 
EE PW twes wor wich met I dil not proash che Gospel, 
Se 
‘aap ker wemastenit ebor, 


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190 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


CHAPTER X. 


ITINERANT DBIFE, 


Own the solicitation of many friends, and the urgent 
request of Rey. Jolin Sale, the presiding elder, 1 con- 
sented, for a short time, to travel the Seioto circuit. I 
left home on the first day of May, 1809, hoping that in 
the ful there would be no need of my poor services, and 
T could return to the quiet pursuits of domestic life. My 
first appointment was at the house of brother William 
Lueas, When the hour for meeting arrived, T went to 
the woods and prayed most devoutly that noe one might 
eome to the meeting; but my prayer was net answered, 
for the people came trom all directions, and at appeared te 
me that the cross was so heavy ii would crush me to the 
earth, Nevertheless, L was obliged to take it up and bear 
it; and although my sermon was without form and void, 
yet God blessed the blundering effort and gave me favor 
in the sightof the people.  Lwent on to the next appoint- 
ment, and attended to the duties of a traveling preacher, 
but had no comfort. My mind, for three weeks, was eon- 
stantly harassed by the enemy, and alternated between 
hope and despair. Thus Leentinued oli Larrived at West 
Union, and bere a tresh trial awaited me. The meeting 
was held in brother Shultz’s house, and when [rose up 
to commence the exercises, whe should eontront me but 
Mr. Joho Compbeil a lawyer, subsequently a judge but 
new deeeased, who had come expressly for the purpose of 
taking dewn amy sermen in short hand! He was one of 
my former dost ingaite trends. My thoughts beeame 


i: a 


ae REY. 2AM . PIR BY PAL 
éaplinogd: i my, armangsinae paced away from ay. 


‘Pigesaes, Bod T ok bem Enpalied hy 2 crea af ducy 


beg so he ores be aoe Jampernl eopadarptivg, 
I pemer mask heve wndertaken te pena ol that ta, 


| Tiny IT ond. passa the Kalicok-obed given goyeei! wholly 


and waa mob going tay tale Dente has 1 feud 


— Aine sg heawt te Gork:fer: gehen amid. serengih, L 
L , | L Ravave that, cherish fe seme af the eal 


. Sai engned my saparior, in te aclance of anima 
padre she adtenings ant-comkh invossel: him im things 


hich ka imew nothing. “I ascoytingty took # 


Keainge of Bssipinre whieh led ms to speck of the new 
sya eae Guemed wp te way for pa so cits e relation 


stig. equdionen, and: t show thy gocdnest..oad power 


Gi Bogda eooiiented. is say wares. “The sormon 
ni mache @ good. aeprecsion an all i dhe bownn, 
caida seman exctlod’. Wika. 

fe teewsl an. preach withest aay Teense 


Sa rea August, when s okerp aeating waa held aa 


gan Tower's pecs, in the valley of Pola areck, 
athe K seiwed Veeuse usa low) prancher ia des forms 


. the quartocty nesting. conlenacs, end mp paps. 


ae Ue; tendo cmt dod eigned by She Bw. Tone Gabe. The 


chiamaomirques unctommended me as a Aaitnble parece be 
Po ice tial inte Gye teeng eokaesiion, While 

Tn sere. comme te ee se eonianem@ar, 2 eee 
eee a. dirowih, Pillage tha. apgerntmemete om Pagrus 
ler... Beare day T-pemyed xeuet farreniy thas if ewes, 
nek the. 08. of God-thet T skrdd: Covad. wpenil_conta- 
aigoaly i,t winsle. 0 tba wintery, thet he work’. shos tha 
dai, seus me at contenant, sal I, vscy aouek,-deaired 
eet, tak o ceawlkk would, benno. - Masiag Snigkad my 
nond 2 dared ime tate besser). hak Ted me scour 
riethied: iy. Pecidnos Von att ile interest ao thxt 


megan: Coltias had paced oa thie gay Loom, sookeromrty, 


193 AVUTONTOGRAPAY OF 


and had left a few tines for me. My heart beat denise 
as Lepened and reed the contents of the letter. It stated 
that To was appointed to Wills Creek cirenit, to travel 
alone. Can it be possible, thought 1, that the bishop has 
sent me to that charge alone, with all my ignorance and, 
Inexperience 2 The nearest appointment on the cireuit, 
wes one hundred snd thirty miles from home, and to move 
my family that distanee would be a considerable wnder- 
taking; beside my utter want of qualitieation to superin- 
tend a cireuit, made me feel extremely unpleasant, A 
ereat confliet arose in my mind, whether L should gO oF 
not. EF supposed the bishop was not. sufficiently ac- 
quainted with the frets in the ease, and that the partiality 
of my friends induced him to make an appointment which 
never would have resulted from personal knowledge of my 
incapacity. [tock the whole subject before the Lord in 
priyer. After fanily worship Lwent into the loom-house 
and commeneed praying to God te give me some sure 
indication in regard to his will in this matter. 1] wrestled 
all night in supplieaton, but found no relief. Morning 
eame, and Lwent into my house and sat down by the 
table, on whieh was the family Bible, almost distracted. 
Toasked the Lord, if there was a promise in that book 
which would give me direction and sete the doubtful 
state of my mind, to direet me to it. On opening the 
Dihle the first passage on whieh my eyes fell was Deuter 
oOnomy xxxiil, 25: ‘Thy shoes shall be iron and brass: and 
cus thy days, so shall thy strength be? ‘This promise was 
applied to my heart by the Holy Spirit with tremendens 
power, and L shouted and praised God with all my soul. 
My denbts and fears all left me, and T told my beloved 
wire that T now had toith to believe that Ged would bcd 
care of me and guide me aright. 

As soon as Leould get all things in eee 
pared to start for omy eireuit. Lo shall never forget the 


rie yh OB 9s | Fa fae’ 
pevibatie semen be ahetinerk tox ak Ahead) seat 
lene Seatet ae > foe trom ah day Pe peves 
Riosar Mate ahaa betray Die paren | 
fined 22. Tainan wx hors, aul sterk 
Solr ai, L Cddas Se POE Whee Mi 
Mii, TLE i: tole Sg hae Toray at ae ee 
L Cited sb Bay thei wep. Le Was 


he ion acer, bat crane towed timp 
Tot yeul arr i 

Sarung! dage” trawred tiaodit poe to. Zante 
ite ioe? oe oe edronss MM big 
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pened : j t i hi wy 
Hy Was a AT iis pet of k ‘ | 
ra a ponte aad Dh heathatr Back: the espa 
nie Miah wo ake pbeales Wee tie «© 
tis, tia eae ALM : eel, 7 SY oaey oe Bie hase. a 
Hiram, Lt koect Plat he will hee. val 
ie ak. porta, titan belime Af awe op 
Arpaia id) aturiometer. tae car riate: wl 
i Key 4 i p21 
“aes Adin ae: aay ' 
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Wier ee 1 ul ca is aires ‘ i \\ 
ates m te ia wih dante . 

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by Wes omenigdiieact to fe fina Death 
Li Maes ene Pees Doe eg Sh aK 
FAC Sinmn mace ay gat Cay hey 
ie! 1, cea? La Ge WY kes hos’ ¥ , 

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154 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ' 


including all the branches on which there were “settlements, 
io the mouth; thenee up the Puscaca wats, wh New 
Philadelphia, to One-les Nimishilling ; thence up 2 
ro Canton, and on to Carter's; thence to ae 
down said creck to the mouth; thence down the 
rawes to Willian: Butts’s, and thence down to the a mouth 
of Whitewoman; thence, after crossing the r river, a 
in all the veitlements of the Wapatomica, down to Zanes- 
ville, the place of beginning. ree 
i sentenced upon this work with great fear and t 7 r mbling 
No where, in all the round, could I tind a place for my 
family to Hive, and hence I was driven to the necessity cof 
building acabin, which 1 located on the Leatherwood 
of Wills creck, fourteen miles west of Barnesville. at 
ter wettiny it ready for occupancy, L wrote to my father, 
requesting him to bring my family, and after a separation 
of four months we had the pleasure of m 
We took possession ot our diaumble cabin, ales by fours 
teen feet. which proved sufficiently capacious, as we had 
nothing but a bed and some wearing apparel. My funds 
being wl exhausted, I sold the boots olf my. feet ty pure 
chase provisions with; and afier making all the prepara 
tion that I could to render my family comfortable, can 
out seni upon my ecireuit, to be absent four weeks. 
Insteud of taking a cireuitous route to reach my be 
pointments, LE proceeded across the country Uirengh she 
woods, aud after traversing hilla and yvalea, without a. | 
to euide me, P was thrown considerably out ef my courte, 


About sunset I struck a frace leading trom Cambriige ta 


Cudiz, end night overtaking me as T was flowing this 
path, Leame to the eabin of an old Lyish gendonan, # 
fomen Catholic. On enter wg this habiation in the 
woods, [found the femily a: ther evening repast. They 
eecupied one side of the fireplace, and a calf, which \ wa 
jiusy exiting & thess of pumpkins, occupied the other. I 


a re ee 


a GEV. LAMES w. PLR EET. S04 

Hi to join fm Wis oreniog cent, which Tigh with 
be: 0a I hind wotey nothings during Ha dny. Afar 
oor 1 aekat the old gentleman in eget bo 

iS a proton, ai, 1m iis inform... « 
won & Momay Cnthels, Vinguired how he 
wl ont Bie wotiluasion. Ay Wie. @ tosam® vis- 
RON agitte ae informed woe Be Lad of seee x priest 
ie yet} ; Tet Get he was lsying. ah money to gh to 
tihig to obGin shsolutias. f meen heen Ht hs 
Laie hicreapess the her birth, or 0 bs bed boom 
Ps dus qiicetion in seemed waable to gee 
a cr, and wan fented atl more wtonainens.. Re 
eee. Bet what Lmeant; tos, suid he, tL nan coe erenty 

his She a hd Bier Heard Sf aach », Shing ie sll img fey. 

Re nalied We son Toha. . 1 told hie ie 
erica, on L wonld fo him oo Rem, ~ ie 
ei Tn ale T told law 2 tried 
kapls seit. tances. Cavbe the way of sul aticd 
Tord Jeens Oneal.” The waole fnmaily 
a Skmed & ifs eon fetnetion; hat I. epobe 
am: and ‘eher thelr fenze wine SoneT hat gai 
f tabi cat ‘thy Bible, tad reading 2 part of the third 
= ef Soha, 7 agen? an hows in cuplaining to. then, 
rid een necgaaity af the wow birth, ‘The teasily 
ith wie to All) bed. to Gare with the most profonsd nite 
2 dis tad only ingerruglied by their tgbe eal 

Br ANE par wa atl neced 6 eal the mya. < -« 

iis Tarning, pesvieie to leering, the olf geotlomnm \K 


‘TR in a presel, the: the te es 


as 


ms 
ee oe 


ti aM ly Oe ena rap fo A 
¢ Horthy of partlenier gate scoured Gl 7 se FT 
irae ‘te thie Some.’ T found, 6 tbe ma sppoisiad, x 
i j ailledtian of ‘pedglp, igh peedched’ to thems eave Miu 
in the wame of Totus. ‘The Lord aliended hie word mall 


196 AUTOBIOGRAPILY OF 


power to the hears of the people; many were awakened, 
wnd a yood work began. Soon after the old) genteman 
experienced religion, and also his sun John; and they, 
with other members of the family, joined the Church 
The futher lived a consistent life and dicd a happy deat 
and the son became a talented and uscful exhorter. 
Many were the difticulties I had to encounter in travel- 
ing this circuit. The country was new, and the people 
were generally ignorant and wicked. Sometimes while 
trying to preach, they would interrupt me by eursings and 
mockings, and frequently they would threaten me with 
chastisement, but none of these things moved me. ‘My 
want of experience and conscious inability to preach 1 the 
Gospel as a workman that need not be ashamed, led ‘me 
to seck, with great carnestness, the suncuiyiny influences 
of the Spiritof God, and to devote every spare hour to 
the study of the Tible. My place of study was the forest, 
and my principal text-books the Bible, Discipline, doc- 
trinal traets, and the works of Wesley and Fletcher. 
Otten, while in the woods reading my Dible oa my knees, 
and praying to God for the wisdom that cometh down 
from above, was my heart comforted. My feeble efforts 
were abundantly blessed, and many seals were given 7, 
wy ministry. The Lord revived his work at several 
pointments and opened my way, giving me aceess tot : 
hearts ofthe people. Atene time Limade an appointnvent 
en Sugar ereck, bat when | came to it there was no house 
for me to preach in. Accordingly J called the people 
together under a large oak ina small prairie. The peepie, 
— however, would not eome near me, but stood in the plam 
‘bishes around, and I preached to them, in they biding- 
places, Jesus Christ and the resurrection. At my secoml 
appoimiment they seemed les: fearful, and 1 gained a 
mich on their confidence that | ventured to make ahd 
polnunent for my bext rowid at Mr. Cory’s howse, 


SEE. PAMRE MW. PIeE SY. Ig; 


When 1 adewk the qongte had acdiecied, md elle 
pps siqae to thar, ¥ sapoend holding eaee aceeting. J 
- Se tae ma eld Barean, comet Basen, ont afterall 
guts to bio eon Jeccb, ‘Walle, tabidag te Leock, tha-old 
om arolotmad, ‘ike, if gon. aud Tdlewh so peter, de 

Seal am ieee meat, dakes va peak.’ ie “Ga wept bit. 
inte Shah the: divine popes cns dot pos The 
atts eke people, sot many were seaboned mad “eon 


net mit Cod, I toemed « oles oil eppainied brother 
Ceape ‘ils: nader. 
8 ayether thus, while prosching ul brother Batts, a 
Pag Dept hodame awakened tee conse af Dur loa? 
ONO oe a sine, and it acer, co grgat was let ly 
at wine, That cha wold wo inte despair, Eee titer 
wad ost Thad bawiitted her, and-be wan delersinsd he 
ahah ere, nat for o. with int « waard, For this poe 
prean Tis legptied bin. vide oith » cherrind Yeliat, aad wont 

ny “toe. Dim porptes ef wayherng an _— 

upesif in the bushes, aad wwatted may ned 
Ts wus sah fog. however, in teie-posiion, AU hts aaind 

ie Giiod, with drendint though: bork visions tieettd 
ie. wie, ancited Imagipetion; doman shapep goitbered 
acti, Winn, and he Sad precipitately for Roam ta me 
rth diotengs a his. pote wile. Cher acctdae bevthes 
merm@ods aed bie wile to some aot pray tor Sem, 
=e gw Gi, tnd eoon beth exparignend ‘raligion ; and 
Wha, Qe pioanse af gpoaiving them ite tha Chareh, 
1, de puinde tmeltoak ocaterred: chat thix time, 8. bnottva 
; hast bess appointed beaten of the class 0b Winks 
Bye Plains, with come of the rastalion: af Ns clase, wee 
indlaged ia pote o hesse-ream, where thay heoame inioni- 
esied. Goon after this io was Gataw wok, aad, while: sit? 
fering wader dicenes, he roatg inaay protwian, i tne Lord 
would apare his Iie, tudo Batter. Phe Teed beard hia 


198 AUTORIOGRAPHY oF 


vows: the discase was rebuked, and his health he to 
return. Before, however, he was fully restored, hes went 
to a corn-husking, and was again overeome by stron 
drink. He was Gained: in a state of intoexieation, inte 
the house. and Tadd on a bed; end no further attention 
was paid te him tlbafter supper, when the party besan to 
elear the room for a dance, The room being small, it 
WAS necessary to remove the bed: but when they came to 
wake S. from his drunken slumbers, they found him dead, 
His soul had been summoned away. Wheat an awful 

warning to backsliders and drankurds! Reader, Dave 
you denartad from God by sin and transeression ? Mees 
turn, O return speedily, lest you be tilled with your own 
ways, Remember God will not always be mocked. Have 
you been in the habit of drinking? Quit it instantly: ¢ ( 
not where it is: ‘‘taste not, toueh not, handle not,” or 
yon are gone forever, O, look not upon the wine when 
it is red, when it giveth its color in’ the eup, when it 
moveth itself aright; for at last if biteth like a serpent, 
and stingeth Tike an adder.” Duath and demnation are 
in the inaddentng draucht; therefore, fly from the insidi- 
ous destrover. 

Another alarming judgment occurred in the esse of 
M. P. about this time, He had embrace? infidelity, and 
was a boasting diseiple of Tom Paine. Ona pubis ween- 
sion he was heard te say that he was a deliberate eneny 
of Jesus Christ, and would only five to oppose him and 
his religion; confirming the declaration by several swfal 
oaths and impreeations. The following week he beteinte 
suddenly deranged, and became such a furious qd 
that if was necessary te pat him in close confinement, 
His baceard features snd demon-like scowl were tra 
terrific, and his language was horrible avd blasphemous 
beyond expression. Te raved as though torn by a then: 
sand furies, guashed his teeth, and gnawed Lis bla phies 


ERY, JARES Bo FINLEY - bet 


Wl emtnaenied gesture pickled, a he wece 
i aes Wirites to grvack bie funeral; and, 
tear of God, Lendesvaved to srtke whet improvg. 
h -gumld. of co aveigl georeme Jtde Bat sheange chat 
Bags choir ronson ig denying 1 tbe wSistance of 

‘og: ite proper axereing, any thowe (ids whut 
mot bey phyeical organ dhol Jose jts wse. 
a) F greeritog nh Wihisa Byes Plsine, % mes- 
masue to me and aad tere Wee a poor woman; 
Pm ghaue five wifes dintaz, whe waa anos ty 
Aecondingly 1 wen), and, oa wtziving, found hur 
pam calvin, surrounded’ by four’ helpless children, 
a deerest poverty. “Her: hushand had died, nad 
iin, thre woods, # atiort distance from “the tude, 
bix which he bad tried to ene far fis Gumby. 
ties, alrendy excited by the sppessenen of the 
e hy sighiaaed im, heir sisooalty by the widow's 
go, ie the groney, W hed tn. hb work wae 
ands ball conte: What, todo T knew aot. 
to mig thet aig hick, new, Soth legging, 
mers aatet -iny buckskin. penta, would sake the 
Ben a » Parm.epeb, eed Tyas adont. aaty lay 
ams ik wae vongatsio’ that I sould wot poasibly do 
8 Born | besides It orag raining gnd “oold, aaa : 
2 “gartels exposed: T, however, overcame the jempl- 
ed. off the lnggine. abd gave thant tothe mother, 
ag ‘bar. io make a cost oci-of them for hereon; sad 
p@aring ber the small eum of caaney, acd praying 
sil, i Beperios. T had ot your » beadred 
that. desoiats habitation GM the Lord poured 
igs appl maps bieeting, and f shomité and traveled on 
1 eit ns a As night appronebad Ereached the month 
Piilewowss, whith 1 grossed, andl stepped “at x tar 
eos be * the warQER hed. {gould like io step wid 


yey 


200 ; AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF 


aftee putting him in the stable, he came in and asked me 
who Twas. Teave him my name and vocation. While 
Twas drying my pants by the fire, supper was announced, 
which [ate with great relish, After prayers, and conver: 
sation on a variety of topies, L went to bed. While. sit- 
ting, in the morning, by the fire, trying to rub some plin- 
bility into myonow dry and hard leather breeches, the 
Jandlord came in and presented me with a fine pair of 
new Jesyins, and a dollar in the bargain. This kind act 
so filled me with eratitude to God that made the bar- 
room ring with shouts of praise. [realized the truth of 
that proverb, “Te that hath pity on ih poor, lendeth to 
the Lord; and he shall be repaid again.” 

Some time in June the Rev. James Quinn—the oeae 
ing elder of the districti—sent brother John Strange, of 
blessed memory, to travel with me, Tle was then quite 
ayeuth, and had just entered the field as an itinerant 
preacher. His person was tall and slender, but graceful, 
and his manners prepossessing and engaging. Although 
he could! not wear the armor of Saul, he soon learned te 
use the sting of David with admirable dexterity. Ife was 
unassuming and modest in oll his deportment to lis supe 
riers; kind and conciliatory in all his bearing to his equals, 
and affectionate and amiable to all. He possessed a voice 
of unusual sweetness, compass, and power, His singing 
would entranee the hearts of listening thousands; and 
have witnessed its effect as the silvery tones would rise, and 
swell, and fell upon the ear, like strains from heaven. Te 
wis nota literary man, in the ordinary aeceptation of that 
term: but, The the beekwoods preachers of those days, 
was velttanght: and, by deep communion with himself, 
and nature, and God, had acquired a knowledge of hu 
man nature and the springs of human action, that ena — 
bled him to wield a vast power over the minds of the 
thousands who crowded together to hang upon the elo- 


Pe fev. cA f) Wiese” wet 
os enn at Ms ipa. ie Was techs of sun bees eo 


i; ity Bes, abi We eile eae hen ind ich'a heavenly 
| Yitiauat. Whey he deeuthad Reaver, which the sbways 
aie ho betel cud Iimpressive Ewwgery of the Haro, 


Whow le world deseribe the dying Christian, eo vividly 
‘Re betag betters the mind the timmplis of the pnyi- 
gems, thud, Uke Bergan whes be tow Obretiw oad 
Freatiel cuter the selsetis) esto, yon world be comatrninsid 
‘tawhl penoeeld’ wich them tn that howe. Wham, by Se, 
ee iow babi wnt ite Coders, he wank rae 

‘there i hie brow wonkl goth badness 
Le oe Qt he: i whith, the quith od sigaitivas wie- 
Kiet at is Rael, ba wohl tides the doom of Be 
isadly Boperteent, awl tery the wast hardowed fron 
‘hen a He senmind, ti hivww Yost all lave of she world, 


i eos aac ee Kak genom tous 
J ee frond: kin = feted and adiegtaee 
ES 8 mm te vineyard of dhe Lent, Cree Boats 
fe ee and ‘re wre exchanged an tm 


vats 


otal, seeps. ‘KNo-eitered tho miateny aad passed 
Hm wegh nib haere $e sf). wena? odie whe, ouate ths 
fe head eo. Whe etree head Joha Giukee Soy, + Ay 
ie Wihotkard.” on, My ete be coat” A kioagh 
Pr ee apd folly opietieetiba; sulsesnt te 
thee aitictions, “he weMod eeu Teed ae ippothtnend 
His on well, he canttined in Her wouh, eimting taal, 
ie? Dtorine fot ie sthuBen of Sonic, Rhy hak their es 


202 “ AVTORIMOGRAPHY of 


charge, and had resolved only to ley it down with his 
body, cessing to work only when he ccased to five. - 
Wes my first colleague, my irae yoke-fellow. my 
friend, But he ihe done the errand of his Master, : ue 
entered into the joy of his Lord. Tle fought a good figh’, 
finished his course, kept the faith, and obtained the crown 
of eternal Hite. After trave! ling thirteen years in the Ohio 
eon rence, he was transferred to Indiana, where he 
labored eight or nine years, and died in Indianspolis in 
1632. Twenty-two years of his lite were spent in the 
vineyard of the Lord; and many in eternity’s morning 
Will hail him as their herald to the land of bliss. A short 
Ume before his death he sent me the following message: 
“Tell my old friend, brother Finley, that all is wel 1 
sual) soon be athome. Glory to God for the prospect 1 
have of mecting him there!’ Yes, sainted one, L shall 
soon meet you in that upper, better sanctuary. 1 
that the frosts of fifty winters, in the herd-fonght field of 
itinerant lif, will soon ewuse me to fede Tike the lea of 
an Indian sumaser; and [shall sleep with my fathers aral 
brothers on the bosom of my Savior and my God, 

the first camp meeting ever held in (his region of eoun- 
try was on the land of Mr. James Clark, on Tusearays a9 
river. This meeting produced a great excitement among 
all classes of ite! and they came from «ll parts of the 
country to attend it. The Moravians, who resided a short 
distance above, were prohibited, by their good old priest, 
from attendmg; bat, notwithstanding all the adbmonitigas 
to prevent their attendance, when the time grrived tor 
~hoiding the meeting, many were there. Quite a number 
af iheve people pias religion; and so powerful 
was the manifestation of the Spirit of God, that multi- 
tudes were converted, and hundreds went away deeply 
and powertully convicted om account of their sins, As 
ustial on all such o¢easions, the spirit of persecution wies 


 REYs FAMERS Bo PINLa. * Bue 
' ome « mace on the ‘ernaey at davknscs 


a6 oncaurad om thie cinonit ig otiererce’ ta ose 
£ weil) volaté. Atmel doen't dhe tleas- 
: » Letherad, by tharame at Mr. John 
a toot in cles from, tings to tines, ond Deve ali 
rh the Chureah, though he tas tot » meme 
shined to join, ausigning vs 9 ransom, shes # he 
: i cen iothenn Coase and. jor eay ostiar, Ae 
pee of porpury... Wis wile, ciao. g Tooherca, 
: habit of atianding sed eajoying dbp same pais 
‘Wivtn T ceime % lead the chase, J told Sean duey 
. poumaks wnleze ‘ey oul Jom. the Therch, 
aunet leave. They wet away mmoh aithoter. 
hole cleew folt eGfeuded a6 ang far the peawndady. 
i rey must pot diame me, Tf they bo sag 
tad, they minal ottuek the rigs of the Chua, 
ortade their remaining t and. besides, thay, vnmas 
faites te my urast, on the gominieirnion off 
, wet amyekd parmalt ths ralec 19 be vinited Ga: 
agn. ers, when ZL had “he poyrer tm. pssteps it 
Loam rotnd. spain Mir. Revere aed: wifes pad 
wane thore again. After preehing J i tald, sbam, 
2 thst waleee they igtended fo ‘08m, fie Dhaene, 
thay 2 siast tative while wre “held. oiltign. bi: thie ho cil 
lady ‘leit, bet the bid: gentleman temeined. While the 
mocting progressed, ine ford sentiteeted bimecif ta’ the 
Pace in Grom power, awd wi hed 0 glovioas time. 02 


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that the old Jady, who was an attentive listener on the 
outside, thrust open the door, exelaimme with a Joud 
voice, “My God, Tean stay out no Jonger!? ‘Thay at 
they all joined the elass, ond we had a season of 2 
rejoieing. The members who were dissatistied at ee 
stand Thad previously taken in carrying out the rules, 
now came tome and said, ‘You did just right.” 

Some vears after T stopped to see the old people. As T 
approached the house, old brother Bowers was standing 
inside the bars: Issid to him, “Brother Bowers, please let 
down the bars, that [may ride into the yard.” No,” 
siid be, *tbrother, you must let down the bars yoursell, 
You made me lay down the bars onee to get into the 
Church. now you must take down i bars and come into 
my house, and you shall be weleome.”? This man and his 
family were very consistent: members of the Church and 
ornaments of their profession. 

At the mouth of One-les, in the bounds of my cirenit, 
there lived a hunter and trapper. Tle spent the most of 
his time in the woods and mingled but tittle with society. 
He was looked upon by the neighbors as mther az object 
of dread than otherwise. As I had a Jong ritle between 
my appointments, I coneluded, one day, to take his cabin 
in my route and stop with him and his family, and per 
haps Lmight be able to do them seme good. Aceord- 
inoly T rode up to his rude habitation and asked him if I 
could get something for myself and borse to eat. He 
cast a sour look at me and erustily replied, “I suppos 
you ean.’ 1 got off my horse and walked in, and while 
his wife was making preparations for a meal, T looked uw 
and saw bis rifle suepended apon hooks over tae door, 
Said 1 to him. ‘* You have a good-looking gun haaging 
there.” He replied, “Yes.” . 

“Are you a good shot, Mr. Reeves?" 

“JT count myself among the very best.” 


Pow et, Trad evn 

; rail ease, aie mane lvoe aman. "? 
fe serait shontlis cat Kuak analipost.” 
voi town, aoitle tha master ater you got your 


BS ; down bis vite. posit a wodue, andl mtd 
await! 20 2 bad partaken of my Boner, 
iy beagle Mint, tor bast my skit as a marksmen. We 

waidk plactig the fargn? be stepped of igs dese 
weit, “Tan dest shot in-goara.* 1 tock the 
ng “allberate yim at the ommier, Gres. - bs 
sacl iS tho eoama, Toot 1 hed: basien, aa hope bal 
ci wet tee Senter, We Grad agin, and thle Haw Yo 
: 2 Webley the sdvnntage; Which Semmed. to eter ebmy 
args. We tak aogier round, gad.aiy lad! ak oe 
wopisn, ‘The whew six balks, awakes war Bin 
have boon fully cowerhd ly a qpwantor ea 
ob, Metvae sais ty wy J% agsin, hed 1. deckiand, 
ee “J ie suiits vour pleasnrs, walt Hi Peon ronnd my 
Fey kas Ches, ik Fou. wih, we wil tg He ove. 
ae, shay pl) night, sud wo will kava mera Baan.” I 
Ne eas Ge Seighhars ia aseet baie at 
ores fo saci Gems to-deg, i wil. qemaelt ie 


3 ba sy meth wppinvse 


ad in ee Tetons 
a. so Guetag the disourer thar: wee aitek menpiag, 
tage sagt ie ai) wihotns set enivatin:.. Lites 


Nek & eel caus rom pam abey 


a Aepase $l A poker”? 
5 oe ee Be Foe Gs iis tee 


Or See ae a ee ae ee ee | re ee a eS ee es 


ROR + oP AMD Be PARAL St 


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26 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


assented, and getting his traps we started. On the way i 
proposed to take half the taps and act them, that we 
miicht see which had the best luck. He agreed to oe 
‘id we went on setting trap about. When a favorable 
opportunity presented itself T commenced conversing with 
him about the salvation of his soul and the souls of his 
family, and preaehed to him Jesus and his salvation, At 
first he seareely knew how to take me; but seeing my 
earnestness and sincerity, at length he yielded to ‘the 
pore of truth, and he burst out into passionate expres- 
sions of erief. After setting the traps we returned to che 
trapper’ shome. 1 prayed with the family that night and 
also in the morning, and started on my way. On m 
Hext Visit the Gapper and his wife obtained the pardon a 
the peace of God, and [formed a class at his house and 
appointed bir the leader, 

One of the most tragical events ever recorded, cecurred 
within the bounds of this cireuit at the Village of Guaden- 
hutten, March 8 1782. ‘The Moravian Missionaries, w hase 
weal ix unquenched by the snows of Lapland, and whose 
energy braves the burning sands of Arabia and Africa, 
iat penetrated these western wilds before the white man 
had made his settlement, and had succeeded i in establishing 
missions on the Tusearawas, among the Delaware Indians. 
They bad ihree stations on the river; tunely, Gnaden- 
lutten, Shoenbrun, and Salem. These villages Were bes 
cupied by the Indians, all of whom had become Christian 
ized, and were peacelully engaged in the various pursuit 
of civilizauion. 

Several depredations having been committed by hastile 
Indians, bout the tne of which 1 am writing, on thé 
fronticr inhabitants of Western Pennsylvania and Vir 
iinia, they determined iw retaliate, and a company of one 
hundred meen was raised and placed under the conn 
af Colonel Williamson, as a corps of volunteer militia. 


2US AUTORIOGRALPHY oF 


previewsly adopted to secure the Indians whom they had 
at first decoyed into their power, and accordingly they 
were bound, and contined in two houses, sceurely guarded, 
On the arrival of the Indians from Salem—their arms 
having becn secured without any suspicion of their hostile 
intentions—they were at once seized, fettered, and divided 
between the two prison-houses, the males in one, and the 
females in the other. The number thus eonfined in both 
houses, including men, women, and children, amounted 
to from ninety to one hundred. 

AC couneil was then held to determine how the Mora- 
vian Indians should be disposed of. This self-constituted 
military court consisted of both officers and privates. 
Williamson put the question whether the Iidians should 
be taken, prisoners, to Port Pitt, or put to death, request- 
ing those whe were in favor of saving their lives to march 
out of rank, and form a second rank in advance. Only 
eighteen, out of the whole number, stepped out as the ad- 
voeates of merey. In these the feelings of humanity pre- 
vailed : but in the others, constituting the lerge majority, 
humanity and justice were utterly extinet. They fad de- 
liberately come to the conclusion to warder the whole of 
the Christian Tndisns in their power. Among the doomed 
were several who lad contributed to aid the missionaries 
in the work of eouversion and civilization: two of whom 
emigrated trom New Jersey after the death of their prae- 
tor, Rev. David Brainard. One Indian fermale, whe eanld 
speak good Engtish, fell upon her knees before Willam- 
son, the commander, and begged roost eloquently and pit- 
eously for his protection; but all her supplications and 
pleadings were unheeded by the heartless and dastardly 
wretch, who ordered her to predare for death. 

They bad anticipated the cruct fate thet awaited them; - 
wid their oa of praise and fervent prayers eanended 
from their prises, during the whole of that eventin! bight. 


Mp | 
thie 


NY ETT Me 


tiie «i 


fy 


4 


reat: Vavlioar pe diene, 


oe os | WATS) 


NTO) I ee 


‘Pheu prietisa 


ke aneipce Pale aie manl peat iGere  Nost 


4 


rwhive mimlertns, bot iar entered the cise ait 
trod. Wiha ‘ue micenitiere sam ares, the 
mv reel, Aged a sete wo dines Deprehe 


hth of Sihemmt: worthy toi Bie beset 
io Rhecmh: atl atin, aaah searbwor qaleawse va 
Gt Gani jieelt, hye ket aati, eet, 


sented ds 


UGA IS 


peceery pag Ment 


wy 


iain saga eee, aural, Taine aopccumdieel, te OUT, 
! e pa ap, ta im Dapete cat ‘agai chang 5 
i W lin 3a aN 5 CCA sd y ait 
4 ! mm hes Hemel eho ina 
‘ ee ‘ ma Lara low Hues Colina, 
. ' (he am Chee toate Siqvomd te qo homey the 
i Gorath ne petty Cs ! teantnd 
SUTIN aie ‘ ma Wie aaah Rial) urea Taetudl> deat 
ee Ae. Mee OR aS ee HIE SE) an 
ne WV heeled agp hoot, tes feeb at. Catetemes Gaap 
om, ett send) ge donee seen the yee nite 
. pain! Wie yd: fete i ee ane a nail 
' ul eRe uit in wre Denes yi ‘ 
‘ Ser rie Ware ' | i WW 4 ip} 4 
PA i . Mies 4 Te Dee maths ioaneth: 4 ae 
Yes) t ‘ liny 1} 

‘ bala oe eh soma ‘ { 
‘ wwdemn es i ween dipaeta ¢ Hetty 

\ , Naas ‘i ac ( i i 
im Lae hee Suen A us 
te 1 cat : Pea) Cui A 4 
sy ON [no ‘ \N nes alae pea ' ‘ 

hon Ray i } Ray eka ns ; , 
Patni aby rR TOR WeRIGS Tes Ble Bai { 


hate, NS A Siteert medina 
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Y Dittae ses. tin 


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210 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


lar, and witnessed its blackened and dilapidated walls, 
and learned with what fortitude those poor Moravian In- 
dian brethren met their martyr fate, some of them prais- 
ing God to the last, others, like their divine Master, pray- 
ing for their murderers, none can tell the deep and 
overwhelming feclinzs of my soul. But, blessed be God! 
Satan can only go the length of his chain! The ax of 


persecution can only cut down the separating wall that 


Jets the saint into heaven, The fires can only consume 
the mortality, from which the deathless spirit is evolved, 
and from whence it shall go, as in chariots of fire, to 
heaven. 

At this settlement LI found the Rev. Mr. Mortimer, who 
had charge of the Indians, and the Rey. George Godfrey 
Miller, who had charge of the whites in the Moravian 
reservation, Here I ventured to go and preach, and the 
Lord owned and blessed his word; many were awakened 
and converted. 1 formed a class. and appointed a leader. 
This rather displeased old father Miller, and he wrote me 
a letter, requesting me to leave the reservation, and not 
preach there any more. Psent him word that | eould not 
do that; as my commission was to go into all the world, 
and preach the Gospel to every creature; and that, as 
soon as Twas able, I intended to obey the Divine com- 
mand; and if he had any thing to say, he must say it to 
my Master. 1 furthermore said, if he could) aseertain 
from the Lord that my field of Inbor did not include the 
reservation. then Po wernt eomply with his request, and 
retire, “The next week the old gentleman walked four 
miles, to brother Warr’s, to meeting. L asked him to 
preach for us, which he did; and after meeting, at my 
request, he remeined with us in class, where he received, 
with all of us. a powerful blessing. The whole class was 
ina flame of Jove and jev: and the old Moravian) saint 
erucht the fire, and shouted, as loud as any of us, the 


- 


be 
BEY. +200 1. GENEL BT. a | 


iiesad Bod, After dhe, whenener: he onl, lye ware 
mb wih wa, aml saver altdal to oy Miwing the 


maceration. 

| On) this cleat? chens were four local preachers: homely, 
TM Rows, Ahn Wiley, a. Mewes, ant dame Sharrock» 
ali wale! and yentet ministers af the New Testament. 


file tits was perhaps the amet interesting of of) the 


years af amy iderant fife. T kept a memorandam, of the 
ee aed cite of all that joined; amonrtigg vo 
vatoe Teasidhred suv seventy-elzhe in munsher. seme ot whem 
wh are new var the walls a Zoom, qura- 

iateg arsine eA Rm 


_—e. “ha 


wos Sele at re 
eoeitet fiat 
Meals RP ee er Es 
ae fa ii 
a it 
ae ete =e “2 
Sabet ? 
a acy a a ‘ 
ins re a ‘ie 
Nite Said @ 
alia a ee eet 
laren 
eae. 
ae —. ‘aed 


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CHAPTER LT,  Ooeutiees 


LOST iN THE MOUNTAINS. 


Ix the bounds of my first circuit lived sister cats 
history of whose wonderful deliverance, by Providence, 
was related to me with her own lips, and I will narrate it 
for the benefit of my readers, te, suey Se 

Mrs. Boarer, the heroine and narrator of the story, was 
the wile of Mr. George Boarer, and was, by education and 
parentage, a Koman Catholie. Her parents were natives 
of Berkley county, Va., and, at the time, were residents 
of the country in the vieinity of Sleepy ereck. Early on 
the morning of the 7th of January, 100, she Jeft home 
oa a borrowed horse, to cross the Capen Mountains, to 
visit her aged parents, She took with her an infant child, 
a dauchter, seven months old. The snow upon the 
mountains was three feet deep, and the weather was ex- 
ecedinely cold. For defense, and company’s sake, she 
took with her the house-dow, a very large spaniel Uay- 
ing wained the top of the mountain range, she concluded 
to leave the great road, and, by a short cut, arrive the 
same night at her father’s house. 

She had, Lewever, not proceeded far before she found. 
herselt bewt'dered, and, in consequence, becoming tright> 
ened, She dered not turn back, but wandered about 
through the mountein till night had settled its gloom over 
the world. She tien dismounted: and having fastened 
her horse 40 @ sapling, ehe prepared a plies, as well os 
eiremmstances would admit, where te pass the night. Phe 
show, as betere remarked, was three feet deep; the dark- 


M 


a14 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


Accordingly, she started back, and, on her way, hung up 
her apron on a bush, and afterward a handkerchief, as 
signs of distress, in hope, though indeed but faint hope, 
that some passing hunter might see one or the other, and 
come to her relief. Late in the afternoon of Saturday, 
and with creat difficulty, she regained her lodziny-place. 

But feeling now the dread of passing another night in 
so desolate a place, and summoning that indomitable spirit 
of courage, peculiar to her sex when i difficulty and 
danger, and seeing the sun fast declining, she determined 
to change her course, and make one more desperate effort 
to gain some settlement. Throwing off part of her ap- 
parel, in order to be less ineumbered, she began again to 
contend with the snow, roeks, and caverns of the mount- 
ains, and at length came to a deep, narrow gorge, down 
the sides of which she could not descend with her child. 

She looked up and down, but could see no place that 
offered an easier passece than the one before her. She 
hesitated a moment, but having no other alternative, she 
threw her child over, and then followed herself. By tak- 
ing hold of the Jaurel bushes on the opposite side of the 
ravine, she managed to crawl up to the place where her 
child lighted, which, to her great joy, she found uninjured, 
save by a slight serateh on its faec, caused by its falling 
on the erust of the snow. Resuming her journey, she 
came upon a hoy-path, which led to a cleft of ahebying 
rocks Where these animals were aceustomed to sleep. 

She had now traveled--as was afterward ascertained— 
one mile and a half Here she might have remained shel- 
tered for the night, but fearing the return of the half- 
starved hogs, and that herself, her child, and her dog, 
might all become a sudden prey to their voraciousness, 
and her family never jearn their fate, she imn 
resumed her mareh, and, weary and faint, made her way 
about three hundred yards off, to the side of the mount 


—T7 


f Oy see oo a es oP oe OC Ay roe A oes ise a eae wal 


ve a a te 
eee ee ee si8 


antic sacuanee ond font a Wowk 
wrlindthe suger, wd tadar come pings himahes 


: ; one apace tos dawn ; lmat She same 


nile Inor, sper lot sitnaathaw tnost aries! 


: oa ute wrop her clothes around her feet and 
sas well as she sould: then ebspieg ler hale warn 
‘6 talneern, she eonttttiad herself to Ceol, 

aed ding Tend not wh ber, set Uie.nignt wewld 

Keslthete Seid wire ales Weck Sli; eomsthines oa her Sant 
pt aabes ant since at Set teble, thonging alter 


panied te beep beri dination. Geving the aight 


Aes Gal mchevign Ibting axkartctad with the Tabor aad sith 
eaatvat teats. | hte aight 2 axowed wad Dew, oil, ie 
wis tet saree wae ton tiwher Hong en. aoa’ fog of tee 


dima hen abo awela dhe Leal the shickens epewing 


soe Fd 


feted the monnmin, and the dagt bathing, > sear 


‘iid Saute a Browse; bet the wind an Whyting’ divently 


fiome' Sinan Sn har, which proved exiremelly wnfevarebia to 


eae Seat Yao emne. tees she Chewghs chs hampd she 


| pangs toring their cattis. Mba called an teat and oo tong 


ne'ghe gdald; bet no ome canes io her, elit. Palo gnome 
ing) tite toed thas har sins aut Seber wens tol ovale, 
ani Raretion, Se anay plows, leon, 
Rie Reese went beans te ear heat, wet hp cone 
AG nike hum meow swith: Cnt, and gown bereeht wp 
io dim, * Boo thengley if ber thie cbikware Roud, wha, 
ray comeildt Ge tte gence; Ted to loans 3 ta petichs wh aol 
aoe, Pty we t; Rhngin aoe than 2 moticis hemet 
ovtld Lenn Gye Tntd foe Kile tila doga ty tresses: tp 
henge beive she Btw Bie hersdd et whan te wept 
she “wae Sane 33 wp sat ainar tte thee boson. Eee 
an Inst to, make bites? heard, is te wind gor 


nail: ae erm tolindly. he onntoney Bizaetivw, she 


215 AVTOBLOGRAPEY oF 


resorted to another expedient. It was this: She pinned 
her child’s bonnet around the dog’s neek and sent him to 
solicit help. The poor animal, as if pertcetly understand- 
ing her meaning, started of immediately, and was afier- 
ward tracked to the house nearest to his distressed mis- 
tress, and then to amill: but, it being Sabbath daz and 
extremely cold, the dwellings were all shut up and no one 
saw him, and in en hour or two he returned and tock up 
his station. When it was becoming about feeding time 
she commenced calling again, aid a man on the top of a 
stack of hay heard her, and teld his wite that he heard 
something on the mountain making a noise like a person 
in distress; and he went to a neighbor and told him the 
same thing; to which the latter, however, only replied, “1 
suppose it must be a panther.’ This night was likewise 
spent in making her peace with God, and she stated to me 
that if she had perished that night she had no doubt but 
that she would have gone to heaven. Part of the night 
Was spent in great anxiety about her child. Ter fauithtwi 
Gog, as he had done before, kept close te her, and would 
lay dewn precisely where told to. This cireumstaner. in 
connection with that of being covered with snow, — her 
from freezing to death. 

In the morning, which was Monday, she commen 
ealling, the third tine, for help. Her elothes RP che 
tothe ground, and kept her trom rising, and her exhaus- 
tien was complete, She ealled like one yielding to de- 
spars but the wind being now favorable, a man whe was 
fooding bis steek heard her volee. os also did: lis wile in 
the house, whe was intimately aequainted with the dis- 
tressed Leroine of our narrative, ond who said to her 
husbend, “Tf Polly Boarer was near, [ should say it was 
her voice.” Jaanes Smith and John M’iptyre took their 
guns, and mounted chelr horses and started, but were 
deceived in their eomrse by the cehoes of Mrs. Boarer’s 


me 


aoe. Teanee aR rane AT 


-- ‘fibuy Rasen wearily alt dage, cod reiermadl: Neuse, 
- ma cme ahem palin wf. Drake Isonoee, whan Nir, Sissth 
 Jieated the onma plaing 2 fisiie. - The sue was aout ag 
tae hig, and the kag, Dagerg Inaaw, ating bom 
the toe hovines pos the sacw-obed wilds, inepieed Teoling> 
aie placer 
is agen. Wad the dewble cey of the porishing 
- wae ned rosea and, just sa the men weie taking a 
| AeiGig ditbetinn, sti subi that she felt am indetlashde, mys- 
rhs Pclkew exams over lox, which seemed to swy Mase Uf 
only temild cal again, help would nome te her, fla, 
elle quer inate, cad woe kewl, apa Sona. 
cg eagronaredne aaa Shp wae tpowan ta Skee 
rome haste tae alters! ubote, ast her Savnistel mae 
Reiiheomet awaidiod. Bei iid. tel a ag ae 
Te pe ; oe Joy posi. Bays now the cones fell) Tike eatin 


a istignaiysiner: dure. The Rech i or pathos poaleet 
ais Golceey at sur oe ed 26 nt She 
Winmable torwelk vil Oe fidlowing ugiet—n gayled Ag 

poem ale pewihd. Ee Mekind ooppoeed thet aa wife 
sorermads ct ine Enchar’ay ead ax dnGinee meter Unguig'st hed 
ake-had started tp viel) div thnily. “Tio Sete, aftat bs- 
stich Shas, did sot yearn bexwe: oa Ga Ghiws aes ae 
ascii Got le rognad to hex natty. 

“Dletiea he xvutier to ie said. 40 bez mei’ sefagtloras co 

thin towbar. - E tate beard tho mother apd Qe deaghier 

Pall, Ie poten, wie arg ene Spakdatler Sale pom, 
lors cond -miedk mod, hot syptionis, im annie anaditte of) Min 
for enna ce Sac troallah, ir promehyr ag" ahtiardiy, i are 
aie, he ja ioe. in, leh oe te Matkees— ter declan: 
AS LT ES DEEP 

cetiieeb eis im 


218 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | 


CHAPTER XTi. . — 
THE DOOMED CHIEFTAIN, ' 


DvrtyG this summer an event occurred, on the cirean 
adjoining the one which T traveled, of a tragical and mel- 
ancholy character; and, as L propose, in conneetion with 
my own biography, to furnish the reader with a 
rancous history of the times in which L lived, I will relate 
the circumstances connected with that event. 

On the evening of the first day of June six: Wraadost 
warriors went to the house of Mr. Benjamin Sells, on the 
Svinte river, about iwelye miles above the spot where new 


stands the city of Columbus. They were equipped in the 


most warlike manner, apd exhibiied, during their stay, an 
anusiad degree of agitation. Having ascertained that an 
vid Wyendott chief, for whem they had been making dili- 
gent inquiry, was then encamped, at a distance of about 
twoomiles further up, on the west bank of the river, they 
expressed a determination to put him tu death, and imme: 
Giately went off in the dircetion of his lodye. th ayedl 
‘These facts were comnnipicated, early on the enswing 
ordre. to Mr dodin Ses, whe now resides in the villige 
» Dubin, on the Seioto, about two ailes from the plaice 
where the doomed Wvyandott met his face. . Mr. Sells tun. 
mediately proceeded up the river, on horseback, im ques 
of the Indians, He soon arrived at the lodge, which ke 
fownd simaied in 4 grove of sugartrees, clase to the bank 
ot the river. The six warriors were seated, in consulta 
tion, wt the distawce of 4 few rods from the lodge. The 
old chief was with them, evidently in the chavacter of 4 


ws 


bid LCT ia 1 As 
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it ; . Teen TS inofh 
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: oy Saree. as eRe” Gr Meatete enya ney 
ern 9 N alt 
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: cg lb ? ‘ mis) | Ain 
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q M “) 3 1 } ny , a ie ca Be WE 
Meee host a ' Wage, aN by USES 
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Paks ALT A . We Bed oe ae 
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@} a ‘ okiten! ‘Tage Alea Nene ne uw ye 


P20 AUTORIOGRAPHY OF | 


unwilling to subject themsetves to the displeasure of their 
savaye visitors by any interference with their operations 
He then proposed to release the chief! by purchase—oll-r- 
ing to the captain, for that purpose, a fine horse, of the 
value of three hundred dollars. “Let me him see,’’ said 
the Indian. The horse was accordingly brought forward, 
and closely examined; and so much were they staggered 
by this proposition, that they again repaired to their place 
of consultation, and remained in council a considerable 
lenyth of time before it was finally rejected, 

The conference was again terminated, and five of the 
Indians began to amuse themselves with running, jump 
ing, and other athletic exereises. ‘The captain took ne 
part with them. When again inquired of as to the time 
of execution, he pointed to the sun, as before, and indi. 
eated the hour of four. ‘The prisoner then walked slowly 
to his camp, partook of a dinner of jerked venison 
washed, and arrayed himself in his best apparel, and 
afterward painted his face. His dress was very rich-- 
his hair gray, and his whole appearance graceful and 
commanding, At his request the whole company drew 
around him at the ledye. He had observed the exertions 
made by Mr. Sels in his behalf. and now presented to 
him a written paper, with a request that it might be read 
to the company. Tt was a reeommendation, signed by 
Governor Tull and, in complianee with the request of 
the prisoner, itowes fixed and left upon the side of alae 
free, ata shert distance trom the wigwam. 

The hour of exeewtion being close at hand, ee chet 
sheok hands im silenee with the surrounding spectators. 
Ou coming to Mr Sells he appeared much moved, grasped 
his hand warmly <poke for a few minutes in the Wyan- 
dow kingaage, and pointed to the heavens, Te then 
tamed from the wigwem, and, with a voice of surpessimg 
strength and melody, commenced the chant of the deatn- 


Ae av. SRMES BR, Seweee. oat 


a ‘Bip sw Solute aleeaky je Vee Wyanboee an. 
| Rae hniig, with ee slow nid meme omanoh, Be 
 tteoke of bis wild, coal weblamcbely dings. Dee white seen 
‘Wika ok ievowinas Liane Salbowrtns im Tank ewteaee pivormsion, 
tie dotnese 06 seventy ow nightie vunds trom the cen 
ig ieee ballin gexpe, with Gulkeews th the 
id torn, hed bene previons’y prepared: by the Indvans. 
ae ite lh rage Kemet dawn, and, awa elewakid wat 
ikem od vain; abbvosead bie jerypar to tha Gyaet 
as set oe he hed Guisieed, the wapende of the Ta- 
ieme kealtd beside hive, nad preyed in @ shtier maceen 
pes te on af come, were epoken ie the Wynton 
When ther arose, the eapenia wes agnis: asoortons 
gems a iucletwil! thot, Lf ther wre bdleaibin ts 
| io nhed Binal, they shoal ot feats te 
, o ote Viet beromd the limi af the wiete emai. 
gett: Bok” att im whey ctaraly. god with oven 
jagibeteavtsha, > Pessoa Talis taht tae "ee seas ise . 
“ a Weal ae Iv get Ms fiewd,” he comtinued, * a 
. ee —aclew ee, had, mene, white anya hell -ihie-— ee . 
res ekg 
Smiling sil tniectexenes inthe, Be, Bolle wea ot lagi 
iwhictenily, to ahumdor the old anan. to bie fade, 
peru few teomenin’ dalay, he aguin annie dowe wean leis 
es ies, tah. prey od, te he tied dene bedors, “Whan he dnd 
aroul, pusying he otill continned in» kkealiag podldow. 
AR ts filles balsaging to the party bad thea left 28. sin 
im. Shere wan not a weapow of any kind! Io be ooric 
al the glines of exzoution, end the apoctanure whee, sown 
quenz, inable te form omy ohpjestiue ax io the amods of 
picortinre: which the exeontiguigie: Dec determined on fost 
ten inlitmoens of sheis, ; 


293 AUTUDTOORAPRY GR. J : 


brandished the weapon on high for a single moment, and 
then siruck with his whole strength. The blew descended 
directly upon the crown of the head, and the vietim im- 
mediately fell prostrate, After he had Jain awhile in the 
avonies of death, the Indian captain directed the attention 
of the white men to the drops of sweat which were gath- 
ering upon his neck and face, remarking, with much ap- 
parent exult ei that it was conclusive proof of the sul 
ferer’s guilt Again the executioner advanced, and, with 
the same weapon, inilieted two or three additional and 
heavy blows. 

As svon as life was entirely extinct, the hea was hast: 
ily buried, with all i's apparel and decorations, and ihe 
assemblage dispersed. The Wyandotts: returned imme- 
diately to their hunting-grounds, and the white men to 
their homes. 

Around the spot where his bones repose, the towering 

forest has now given place to the wrain tield; and the soil 
above him has, for years, been furrowed and refurrowed 
by the plowshare. The Wrandott nation, to whom the 
old chief belonged, never aiterward were — te 


the tribe that killed him. 


A i Lo APT R Ste 


WAL Vee PYINBEAST LPS CONTINT UD. 


| i os amore atioh: sine bald. Boreal d. 180. 1 


‘ 


 wencapipolntad i Keer cavmis, his wivoult was token 
thenpe Faittedd: cimewit at (ha tonSeseoee ald. Tn Concent 
ited: of Gapihember, 1808,-und, of coupon, this 
cone. then speantsd) peas of ite'axitiewns, Though «. cays 
aieeuit;. tall igerae noe wo lent ae Wille Cook, . .1.qum- 
somugadut pa queuth of Léskiog oppociis Esnderitia, att 
aesatromient: al, is seviemsn’s iq tad strom wy Se Tame 
ails Rornet wp tha coat fois of Lacthoy to Bighaen ns, mae 


As Cue, otiending we far ts Lngebontewn, mow 


- diahavaresen 4 tinemes om She Gort’ fork.co Bobipson's anit 
inte Reap emt in Mount Yerien amt  Midehe Forng’st . 


Aveh eck Vo Sapp's ane Sohe's, onc dora. 


ta meas of Whiverwomes; deme dere the Bho 


btigeey, ineteding tho Wapaiinaion countrys to. tae i toa 
af Rogianiag, It trol dewr Aull wake to doaval arene 


Wis ciel. «Ub wes teal atipphiod ‘with toon! bel, shea 
‘isigna nol prerebarh buing withie ie dowd, ad 
‘Pilesey Dacoee’ Remith,. Jean Green, Rapp, doauph 
Dignan, dames Pleuwing. Socegh Tine: sae Packs; ape 
apes Perierye Bis eG bees vere Som Viagiom, aed 
netns ine tan Mosasgsheln, rhe tins the, they ware 
ih Fie Rea, SR eee ener ge eas 
I .- 

* Lesssaoesd ry Sra ronad ith sv fear and Srere- 


been 


D4 AUTOBIOGRAPHY O08 & | - 


permitted to witness the fruit of my labors in the awaken: 
Ing and conversion of sinners to God. ; 

At Bowling Green the Lord visited us with a reat and 
powerful revival. Many souls were converted and made 
to rejoice with a joy unspeakable and full of glory. Mul- 
titudes were alsu added to the Church, and the people of 
God were yreaily refreshed in spirit. But as it is in 
almost all revivals so in this—the devil was roused from 
his slumbers in hearing the prison-doors fly open and the 
chains fall off from the captives, and like Giant Despair, 
in good old Bunyan’s VPilgrim’s Progress, he hastened to 
defend his castle. During our night meetings the emis- 
sarics of Satan cut the people’s clothes with scissors as 
they engayved in prayer. They also eut the saddies and 
bridles of the horses. ‘This, however, only inereased the 
zeal of God’s people, and drove them more closely to the 
Lord and to each other. 

A vreat and glorious work also broke out at Mount 
Vernon. At this place there lived an Indian woman, who 
Was united In marriige to aman who had been a prisoner 
in the ibe to which she belonged. She was in the habit 
vt attending our meetings, and seemed to take a great 
interest in all our exercises. On one occasion, atter 
preaching, she stuid in class, and when J came round L 
spoke to her on the subieet of her soul's salvation. She 
wept and ssid, Me tou bad, me no Joye get good, me too 
tnuch sin, me sick, me ne sicep. me no eat, me walk all 
night, me no look to Great Spirit; he nu love me, me so 
bad.’ LT teld her to pray to the Great Spirit and he 
would bless her. Tacked her if she did not love her child 
when it did bad and then was serry for it,  O yes, me 
" Thea said T,.*God will pity, amt Deiwy 
and save you when you ery and are sorry for your-sins.” 
At this she went away weeping as though her heart would 
break. At the next meeting of the class she came again, 


— 4% : 


love my child, 


w. 


i 


eae o yee Ln aes 
oot tie i Ree WP Dae anes, ‘Shot 
Dy pn ee ts, ie hee oes by Seah, 
nie je Ra ee ee Di Tie eyes he 
; ti tiered, su Paw des Laps 
at tant. pay: lem Wwe ot facwdléer, 
rz 6 WO Hine WGK, Kawer tetseng 
ai Tee wets a er Alou hers, aan tea Jen 
ave beatied ail the pow id teaver Sie 
vies wentare, D think, lever taheld. Thewgis 
mitt Aeatial,’ she was cic) “aad etme. 
a ot tne Wayesi Spe POETS Hy Tartare S wig Pea 
} 
: EN Th Lie Werke (Whine. 
ie Ti in Deets tee RE apret 
eit, sete aieedh ag, ah Vue eA aby 
WV fia, Te Maes hewmen wily bic 
ene yy ik Ab Boatiie, Lge Abe pa 
Fw ‘ham penta duh Beek eran 
re MEN Ce” RWIS. AGA eee xin age 
rere ai) Gwe Areal! 
Sioa Ularatiaeh wee: cher Goll at Eis tute 
ame Sisters, PL Adan peed GY Sige eames Me 
' } ory, f) ee eet 
i) Pe \ ‘ 4 
i wes 4 eypuae ; tue 
he worn kee dst W nO 
batenie ay ' MiNPGac, SHA URE temas ‘ 
A ALL at Ba ag ie PSVIR a Sat eae an 
ie Piyitanyl Reiter Fa heed tag, ne ea cn AT Plat, 
tara ee Se? Gotti, ete ft D 
: Whadoreaas Laie hla atone 
2 ’ 4 g ‘ 
re aN 4 
Se yh, TARR ea | ( 
Sis, PER ech ee NOES. itunes wes Dey 
} yey 


226 AULOBIVERAPHY @ 
erty in the gratifieation of this monste 

town meeting, Mr. Gavit was appvinted 
most wholesome arrangement. Every conce 

was used by the wuardian to break up the habit ah tee 
euptain, and every inducement was offered to get him 
restored to subriety. All, however, proved in vain. As 
a Jasi resort, he touk him to camp mecting; for, although 
he lad no faith in religion, and eared not for any of its 
exercises, he believed, from what he had seen and heard, 
that the Methodists had seme process by wines gia 
could transform a drunkard into a sober man. am 

The time at length arrived, and, with much ere 
sion and physical foree, he succeeded in getting Mr. Js. 
into the carriage, in company with himself, Mrs. Gavit, 
and their eldest son. On Saturday they arrived on the 
ground, and pitched their tent that evening. In the 
mean time the captain stole away from their observation, 
and beenme intoxicated. Mr. Gavit went and brought 
him into the tent, A. striet wateh wus. now kept over 
him, lest he should again run away. The Sabbath passed 
away, and B. became pertectly seber, In the evening 
God opened heaven, and Jet down glory on the) eeatape 
went. A praying cirele was formed: and Mr. Gavit, 
taking the captain by the arm, said, Let us 2o inte the 
circle, for T have neceght you here to get  Mahee gated 
snd wow ia the tinte.’ 

T saw them coming: and as they sisted: tue lia} 
me if they could get in. Lmade a way for them in the 
erowd, and they passed in, After succeeding in getting 
as close ats possible to those who were nase tg 
the exercises, Mr. Gavit said to the captain, — se 8 

“Who will veu have to pray for you?” ham. 

“7 don’t want any one to pray for me,” oman shoe 

“But you must eet down on your eS cepleion el 


prayers: of Ahapegpoegg.”* taba Wea 
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298 ANTOPTOGRAPHY Ce i: me | 
their way home, giving glory to God. Shortly after this 
the captain was happily converted, When I came 
L formed a class, consisting of these four persons: anid 
this was the introduction of Methodism into Granville. 
All these dived happy Christians. Mr. G. had two younver 
sons tha! embraced religion, and became efficient and use: 
ful traveling preachers. 

We were not only favored. at this camp p ieee, with 
the presence of our beloved bishops, but alse by the pres- 
ence of the Rey. Robert Maney, a flaming herald of the 
cross. and pioncer of the Gospel in the west, 1 shail 
never forget the first ime Tsaw him, At a exmp meci- 
inv, held at brother John Collins’s, on the east fork of the 
Little Miami, in the year preceding the one about whieh | 
am writing, | had the pleasure of an introduction to this 
devoted and talented minister, by brother calianey! “he 
represented him as his spiritual father, 

When he arose in the stand, all eves were. sci 
toward him. Instead of giving out a hymn, as is cus- 
tomary on such eeeasions, betore preaching, le com. 
meneed, ina full, clear, and musieal voice, singing thea 
excecdingly-Impressive, spiritual sone, 

“Awaked by Sinai’s awful seam, 
My soul in guilt and thrall P found; — 


[knew not where to go, 


Oerahelmed with guilt, and anguish slain, 
The sinner must be bore again, 
Or sink to endless woe.” F 


Before le had finished singing the fourth verse, the 
power of God come down, and pervaded the wast assem- 
bly, and it beestne agitated—sweling and surging lhe 
the sen ina storm. Lt seemed as if the glory of Ged 
filled the entire encampment. At this meeting, ianay be 
said, the power of Manley reached its culminating point 
Never did be preach with greater eloquence and power; 
hor were his ellorts ever crowned with greater sucress 


earings this Seay en aM witemmph te preach in che 
> in ol eas, This place was petariogs fie ite whok- 
ce for tue, Twas 
proteh. in the burro of ateceu, Pasting 
dw ahiaies neat om. ier eadle, we ahays my horas Tt 
last Eine tm the beshee. . When I stepped ine the deer I 
Foewand oe avon Hl’ wid mom wee crowded araand, fs 
Boney. dntioingy.. Ts. leaked to mse sme Tike the calc bration, 
of atenchosalien argis, than = place far the wermhip. of 
Miah ts L hed made an appcicimant: and T met 0 it 
aio hamendss and, ax the! Gnepet wumtoloe preachnd sto 
Beary, my mission wartended, to ooory place this 
aieat tell. Pyoocered «stool, and, pacing & hasiva.the 
es ee ee ee 
‘Navas, foow that cleopest, and ariae trom the, hued, aan 
well give-they Ria? Par thirty miewlse E lpdunreat 
ihiowrthe eudienes that thay wate om, thar wing tt kell, 
nod vor Ioouaibie of their donger os though Isoleed fra Ie 
MS cobenst af cjexp. T qovaed thats that Ball world 
exte) orpieter them. When Died thee geting them of 
tite dager, and insiveg tnm..ox Chred, 1 reterned 
Shaviasiias. deemed: my Sqree, nad pede do Gebers Ghea- 
wis: Be benrooe folie made omarey ie mee, bod wes 
gous. They eau we woad,1f lcm apa Gigp would 
Fou san; Kyl, no teitheienaing, enn ae Se 
went ie Abt courl-hotes. 2 --.! 
at ay! Dew conga Gomdios af he Dirwnis 49° She 
Rawerarcans- hearers, X gomvmatutl ke be. quart botany, be A 


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230 ATTORIOGRAPHY OF” 


more orderly coperemation, and formed a class. At this 
place To continued to preach regularly during the year, 
and was permitted to witness some fraits of my labors. — 

On one of my tours down the north fork of Lickine, 
one evenine Lheard, not far from me, the report of a rile, 
and instantly heard some one seream as if shot, It was 
getting dark, and TL rede on to brother Robinson's, and, 
after being there a short time, a messenger came and 
mformed us that aman had been shot up the creck. We 
uamediately started for the plice where he was reperted 
tohave been shot, and found the track and blood in the 
snow. We traced the wounded man as far as the ereek, 
which he had crossed, and, following him by the blood 
which had spurted from his wound at every jump, as from 
a stricken deer, for about one mile, where we found him in 
acabin, with a family. Tle was shot through the body; 
but, being in a steopine position, the ball escaped his 
vitds. The man who shot him was a neighbor; to whom 
the wounded man had been a great iriend, De ted 
lowned his murderer a sum of money: and for simply ash- 
iog the payment of 2 part of it, the debtor determined om 
Filling him, for the purpose, doubtless, of getting cleer of 
the whole debt Tt appeared, from the testimony oi hie 
worded man, that he had followed him a mile, aad made 
ayveral attempts to shoot, but was deterred, from seme 
cause or other, till he arrived at that fatal spot. We 
bound up his wounds in the best manner we were able, 
and, after praying with him, returned heme. A similar 
eese cecurred a few vears since, in the melancholy death 
of Dr. Parkman, of Bootom. O, the wickedness of the 
lumen heart! Who can know a? 

Soon after our second eamp incetme 4 glorious mse 
commenced at the house of brother John’s. Aker preach. 
ing, aid tuerlmy lise, the company. separated, and went 
in ditierent directions, to their hemes, On the way, 4 


. iat pale mt pies ss thts wis 
= iy hee, Whore esarowly! amar weet to dee ad 
© Rha cram tor thee emuelwetin for toler her bah te the 
gies ol mootings Rho was: She sistas al tan bely: et 
fost dete the ameting wat held} umd whew the oir 
38 of er havioe tilem som the way Teme was 
“obebed akolet, the whole neightorbbod cams wget 
Bcceclateqesel oc hak Gantens hen el Se 
eee dee: spe them, aad mony were tinithen by the 
awh Gil te the door, coving for mower 
Boe fpaRigenoe of thie wzollmmant apres ia every Sina 
ties. wudb- grant nowleiindies; trem a Getmes, . Gouked 
eS Tie rouge woe 
pea) pee iene, wikoet aailne 
fe gas otdite. Fears were mmiertsinad top eons, 
| eWmdhh newer qweacerwar feng tiie. stanley Tent, adver 
pace eapranterny liftiess, hor the spars al Ghiskge ewe 
nea, alle Speco imianiiy to her teat, auch ommbaencad 
 Sheging, aml chanting akernstehe Mor tsar seancal 
Ginleteel wp with on unearthly rediamed) and.-as she apites 
ed Too. ouch Renrny. in etree of Men mes, nllasitable 
cheyettce ond swaotacews, the whole, ormguegudion wis 
aomegalned, asa we tat omrenlven tn ake perma 1b ae. 
sgetinst biog, soehty’ Cesar Tasha? am eitlons, meceneis. 
Recigd eonatry’ ai. his gave a fretiy’ inipulse i Mate, 
uate: i Bal, and the mwreises reenable Yhooe oF a 
‘Hip inewting tates ewe amy ting wie, a 
ated; tem ina, inmate Be tahwhoeh att power; eas 
chiag Teint lone ono tamideed, kangily die rentnd po Cod. 
diay OMe, pom Caria Chie seni iartiy of 
parweuler mots; dmc, a2 ik Daloupeces p-wleee i faye 
snaadsce in the early taste Neti agpem ipo lats Sotn> 
‘sy, olimmraie im, Be peng ates Lane eran bo thee shee: 


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ORS AGTORIOGRAPHY of 


ing, who seemed to have been possessed of the devil 
His ravings and blasphemy shock:d all who heard him. 
He boastingly exclaimed that he defied the power of 
God; aud that those who had fallen were overeome by 
the influence of fear, or nervous weakness. While this 
stout-hearied youny man was listening to the fervid clo- 
quence of the youns woman before described, he sprang 
suddenly from his feet, and fell his whole length on the 
floor. Had he been shot through the heart, he would not 
nave fallen more suddenly, or been more lifeless to all 
appearance, Here was a marked demonstration of the 
power of God, in irresistible conviction; and 1 determined 
to watch the issue closely. His companions in sin were 
terribly alarmed, and many of them hurried away. After 
lying a short time, the limbs of the young man became 
perfectly rigid, and remained in this state for eight hours, 
when they relaxed, and he was seized with convulsions of 
such an intense and powerful character, that it seemed as 
theugh be must div trom the agony. While thus torn, as 
the demonized youny man in the Gospel, til the hearts 
of wi were wrung with sympathy at his sulerimes, and 
sume began to fear the consequences, instantly le sprang 
tu his feet, praising God for his salvation, and exhorting 
ait his friends to seck an interest in the Savior. Pls con- 
version Was a matter of astonishment to all, One man, 
who was inveterately opposed to the revival, said that at 
was the work of the devil. J replied, @1f it be a work of 
the devil, when this young man recovers from this state 
“he will curse and swear as formerly; but if it be a work 
of God, his oaths and curses will be turned into prayers 
and praises.” When the cainsayer witnessed the wonder 
ful change wroaght on the young mem, he was eun- 
founded, and went away, 
The Lord crowned our Ishors this year with shea 
success, Upward ef owe hundred were added to the 


* 


* 


* 


tiv WMS ke. we. bs 


(one Thee ois efron eT dE ny Pret ones wih 


mua Kina th how’ strongly ary heart was 
Ha Renard Pest sinienpeinien ein aug 


ae ts inher Teh io Chueiiensdt Bx Tet; E, Bow- 
tel to Be my Sievescog, ~ Vihkis wes a see 
cS Tite soar anived thar he earner 
‘Riaine the wile seed of Arianian and Bociniandsm. which 
rest wtiey the while vient Ty wae wot Tong ill it 
dunt ayy oid airodticed He duadhe Hult,” Jeunes Sait, 
ot titiomn, oud other local peeeehers aiabraced this ther 
perrartoren hr Now Digits. Gracie’ dren: Bokiind, 
test tes Gaines of-edigion, nd, ae Mleames, les a 
drmclnadteche the Ieee of wad egeuaal Ris sade 
pi dren “Pape vise endoryend the voetring, aul Tose 
Beer Od rd aat-of Me Bart. 
“Bloties. ser a god men, Tall of Path aa ont 
Pitre ivens with thom, wed satay ating Daegume ibe 
oare Pe hug itesell. Mody wir sho mtatog the 


fem the toh, Be prose: © dis- 


fanart his benwtta) property ar Ranting Greed, 
ecieee hie intereiag fomlly, and died a imees Ravelinis 


_ Meet hdiive, we Te ae che’ herney, Desmmt. Cae 


elites ad inital Mawr was tt Berio mene clog iy 
QUENON Thiet inthe meow d? thaco wadertmbete age 


os 


ister Seber aed wil ahowst Chale dede = 
eee ce 
Os, 


IAGO een ‘Gil ices ain Sti’ oo Sel tome 
poorly ung he derolaiing eferie mre yer as her soem 
The Mowe al this ate amine eilegweds WAL Hhe_ same 
of wii Suh whe pred wie) to ae Hhetrwion of 
diaries, "One dimmar Metteretiminel? sends Lys 
i Maries tow thay -tesare fran eomad Poowtne.” The 
Gohininigeina trom to ahh Gand theta pth af ctl 
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Oot AUTOBLOURAPHY oF 


wander, or what will be his end, who departs from the 
good and the right way. A few years after Thrap and 
Fleming went off with the Radicals. Pigman, Parks, and 
Pumplrey, only three out of nine Jocal preachers on the 
cireuit, remained faithtul to their high ealling, They 
lived for many years tu preach the Gospel in destitute set- 
tlements, and do good in every department of the Church 
for which they were fitted, and having finished the work 
assigned them, they entered into rest. While die *mem- 
ory of the wicked shail rot, the righteous shall be aaah in 
everlasting remembrance.” * 

Brother Crataer, the person with whom 1 boarded, and 
one of the most devoted of Christians, and talented and 
useful exhorters, fell into this fatal error and became a 
New Light preacher. But, alas! like his deluded compar- 
ions, he departed from God and reaped the bitter fruits— 
poverty, sin, and death! The memory of these men 
shouwkl prove as beacons to warn all of the dangerous 
rocks on which they wrecked their hopes. 

On this cireuit lived oid brother Carpenter, whose son 
Samuel has sinee become a useful local preacher. Brother 
Carpenter resided in St. Albans township, and, being m- 
vited, T went to Lis house and preached. This was the 
first sermon ever preached in the township. ; 

On Owl ereek there lived a Universalist, who like fixe 
most of them, was full of controversy; and to hear him 
otolk, ene would imavine that he considered himself able 


ty overturn all orthodoxy, and even “wiser than seven 


Woon who could render a reason.’ He always came tea war 
mcetings, and invariably pressed me to go home with him. 
I was considerably annoyed by the fellow, and one dam, for 
the purpise of getting rid of him, agreed to accompany 
him heme. Le was s real backwoods hunter, rough emi 
ncowh i his manners, He lived about four miles from 
Ue appointment, sud we starved through the woods, trav 


By. (AMMA B.. BST OY ans 


- (Send, Sontpe, L eaed to iim, “Bull, whas shall 
i Life wy eg 2°. Se den. tes Re Aes”? hone 
Bind “NEE bape whatshall Laiva hing ion?” Pred 

eo Bis pa ap eon. ean be, Jb Wes te Sate in temo, 

po T went two the vabia, wick Lis wite prepared some seni 
An beskwwneds tushion, and we partook of oar supper, 


. Arena tor hod finlahed mr repast, BQ) gat dew his 
md ds ay ee ai; “Rowe Theva. got: gon, end yun. sit 


mm waiog tor am opportuni for 9 dogs came te 
on Rgwinowess with you “Nn, sad 1 Bal yon 
ot memiichent ammetat of aumee te hold oa sagpemume 
me oteiow, gabject.. You brought me berm oa @ 
Mietiagies guanchaw, ond T. iat ineioiat yam -anl get 
i esse dell in sl gout wbildves sad we wil howe 
pres’. Notathetending ull bs egunsss andl plegdings 
I Ravin, apen the ecuves I had adopted, aul hie wale spel 
eM wee, calle inv and L need the Soigcaree, px 
ping! .qudiepplied the irmth to wl, and then prayed to 
Met tne Ohair salvation. 1 Rat es pose wile sag chile 
een, more, beneGiind, if the totoahtable Bib wie mot. Abe 
ty seperting peta: Beet] nigihh 3 his thm Low ot he 
Sin.gipome the chicheus, Iteecs. de ibe serena, Iho 
prone 30h the Joomike ad departed. Ball mover amon <~ 
, SPST noe NE laviingony tv an bess wile hv. 
dt the Gindiewsd senleienan, wish E bare alpendy 
to, Lores appointed io Pairbad ‘gieoaih, dipole 
onthe’ igs Mipeice reprensnis brothas: Jonag Chuinm..2x 
havin. boon. appointed to this aiidel fe chs‘, “Brother 
éurine wes on the Tombigina singel wily Willian Houston. 
Thess Srathren wen: both aanaded, delegates to the Geneis 
anntenomes of 1632, They Pai wee wp from thet opm 


Roranan, hus dad mot, retina: nnn eet eee 


936 ATTOBRIOGRAPHY oF 


home siek, with lis brother James, and remained = the 
next annual conference. 

This cirenit received the name of Fairfield in 1809, and 
had been traveled the two preceding years by brother 
Ralph Lotspiech. He was of German descent, born ‘in 
Virginia, and raised in Tennessee, where he was converted 
to God and called to preach the Gospel. He was ex- 
tremely meek and unassuminy in all his manners and de- 
portment, decply pious, and always wore a serious: air, 
In his discourses he wept much, and from this cireum- 
stanee was called, by his brethren, the ‘weeping: prophet.” 
His pulpit Ixbors were characterized with close practical 
application to the consciences of his hearers, and attended 
with good results wherever he ministered. While travel- 
ing Deer Creek circuit he was attacked with sickness, 
whieh was unto death. Realizing that his work was done, 
he ealled Lis colleague to his belade: and told him to eet 
apiece of paper and make an inventory of his property. 
Thouvh he had but litle, he felt it his duty to “set his 
house in order? before he died. The task. which was a 
short and ensy one, being completed, and his tissets end 
liabilities reckoned up, he said, * Well, after paying my 
debts there will be one hundred dollars left, and that will 
support my wife and almost helpless children [two of 
them being twin babes| for one year, and then God will 
provide, Now,” said le to bis colleague, ‘my work is 
done, turn me over with my fare to the wall.” This 
being done, he commenced singing in soft but steed and 
plamtive tones, wae ies 
+ Great apoll I shall win re 
Prom desth, hell, and sin; 
"Midst omtwaerd wticticon, 
Siisll deel Christ within 
Ant when I'm t6 die, 
Receive me, YY ery; =" 
For Jeecs bath loved ma, on 


ee: Bee. FERS G. VIRMET y= 
; Hi ‘  Rewmatedirligg Ow Set 


ere rhe Giclee aoe “hed al of th etd 
ia hee Snel “ ae Sit soniye’ Go That” brigh: 
| ae > Rime ie nik Boh; welilier sed ar oey- 
tee > Reel GR wigo the there hee Bit byee™ 
RerveRy taet Reaver belie Pure atid enittiert Kpiytis, who 

ew higpe sri Hope peers gone “ip to people: 


cart I “ies gine ta nas rs before rs a 
nt pth yok: I dxtaadad Noth tae oer of Put: 
Reiremine' tal a the Mustapim, ogptsite Makar hills, 
geri ird at Vonaweter, hd toed the bend waited of 
Esai ig to 6 the falls of the Bovkhorking, including «st: {hs 
Ste on Vchotiady etek nd Het mwok. - Wh es- 
‘DRO RY neete k PAL contd dnsnely, Westingyan.’ Liek- 
Bi Ouaes, Peis, wad Beas, “T traveind rowmnt -tkly die- 
Pa wits foc Wreeks,'thd formed fifteen “dw enctetite. 
iat piéacinine ware Joun orice, Teme Ronee, 
ath Ved) 2 Newari, ——— Bright, Jaass Sonegéon, 
Vasey Tes. Spurean wert off with tht" party. of 
RipsiCiete wepeiied te Tgeial fey thy Bey OTe 
ein’ "Bregrinen, Pyke tnd Pitt Bred ariel eal 
ER et Dad lerd Ghose nad Sia aew el 
Bring, ip Be yous, tet! tatiomiy” oa the wails of 
Bai. ah Wealey, the Great mikeiemety t5' Che Muc- 
Gay HES" Ms cineatt the ‘pall Tee T baton, Tet 

“tie lithe ee Rly parte. * 
S Bivoing Rheieoce grautavienae ih ofe Wetodisa. on 
‘ites SueRe Were Wesrard Post Weise: ‘Pavhilion, ‘adil 
Bevin ‘Ghidh; the theler ‘Pekar ally iate. in tolth “net 
Ween “Bitboot Otani alee bed withah te bounda.” “Ss 


233 AUTOBLOGRAPHY OF 
stronvest societies were on Rush creck, at Hamilton's, 
Cooper's, Hog Run, and Thomas Pam's. Many strene 
men and mothers in Isracl had emigrated and settled in 
these neighborhoods. Inever shall forget the true-hearted 
Christian kindness and affection with which [was reecived 
and treated by the good, simple-hearted class at Hog Run. 
They took me in when a stranger, and comforted me by 
their counsel and prayers. [tis with no ordinary feclings 
of affection that 1 call these brethren to remembrance. 
Brother Pitzer and tamily were especially endeared to my 
heart. He has long since entered into rest, and his widow 
and children have emigrated to the far west. As I before 
remarked, | labored alone on this cireuit ull ater the 
General conference, which was held in May, when brother 
Isaae Quinn came on, with feeble health, frum the south, 
and, as far as circumstances would permit, labored with 
me. J 
This year will lone be remembered as the one in which 
this whele region was shaken by a mighty earthquake. 
On the night of the tweltth of February, | was awakened 
by the recking of the house in which L slept. Lt seemed 
as ify bedstead was on a rough sea, and the wanes 
were rolling under it, so sensible were the undulation 
Slight shocks were fels almost every day and aki poe 
some time. One day, while [ was preaching a funeral, 
the house began te roch and the cupboard doors few open, 
The people became alarmed and commenced shrieling and 
running. It was a ume of yreat terror to sinners. 
‘The greatest shock was felt on the sixteenth day of the 
month, Lt commenced at ten o'clock and Jaated fifteen 
minues, Twas then in the town of Putnam, oppesite to 
Zanesville, where the Lesislature was then in session, It 
wae reported that the steeple of the state house vibrated 
some five or six inehes, hke the pendulum of a clock, It 
Was a time of the meet awiul suspense. Consternation 


: 
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"7 
y 


pc ape Tay tho, ton of Pednaar thorn lgond. 
Oe gonna wna vga sav whe was 
ihe Ganerwindk dint shoutieg, whieh che adion did, ast 


one? ah monelings, « but ot hone, while ergnged in, hev-duily 
? o ect I : { On this HAN, While the aie AVG INS 


: Someprn si habd, seer Gavddnen iy. .ent 
ostrect showing and ekipping her hands, exes 


ee ahery to Goi! My Saview is eaming| 


Lents snd he mine?) Thus she. shemved juer 
¢ Me. TEA: cae nizing dor mearey, that — 


£2iPscqustrnnsfond.ociian Eorouniia donden ears staass ee 
soon sive, it contabuted stoaiiy fa inereas the 
joteress om the subject ot relighan. Mulitandes she jaw 
chinaly pail 1 attention. to the awhjer? ol relation, wow 

fa meeting, and ihe power ef God was mani 
festort, wet ouly in the earthquake aod the fam, bat dm the 
SHH cometh pat powwrink voiey. The nunkar of daryents 


; wee gt. inal oa sore, axtancinsd alias awtny whee, 


lhe nama, signal seapiatssion, af Divine pawar was a 

arele, ya Bat heme ok Dawid Boar Tle neal 
: SO re eer arene 
‘Tha game peagls sp sped to operates ol 


pene naa dish ook wepsiey § liad otatow, Lmetpeud,, tof 


piston dhe giddy sentes oh the dean as, Sho songad.od 
hivea ik, BAL pass the pao of igh), ses mulng: woes 
aaomde nets ambos omidiess amd May tie -nG Spesnktnaain, 
pice nuke sue dane eh tele, anak che camer Of jay 
Saabs riba inii ter ive caacceta a 
- Gee ieo sitnes ote Bigeye. 

wee Gesoars L me ago Gl a new rt 


940 AUTORTOGRAPUY GF - 


and cried out, ‘For the great day of his wrath is come, 
and who shall be eble to stand? That night will never 
be forgotten in tine or eternity. Many hardened sinners 
fell, before the power of God, like those slain in battle, 
Many aio found pardon and salvation in saaclanidterlivae 
Limb. ty SM ee 
Ou my next round, after preaching at this place, Twas 
ubont to meet the elass—a thing which | never neglected 
when one of the brethren came to me and said, “Mr. dh. 
the ereat distiller of whisky, is here with his party, and 
they have determined to break into class meeting.” L 
placed old brother Hooper at the door, and charged him 
to keep it shut and let no one pass without permission. 
As our meeting progressed the members beeame happy, 
and began io sing and shout most Justily. This attracted 
the attention of old brother Hooper, and he beeame more 
interested in the meetnue than watchful of the deor, In 
the inean time TL, esme, lifted the lateh, opened the door, 
aad walked in. He had no seoner got in than brother 
Hooper reclosed (ie door and stood against it, fearing the 
oihers would follow the example of their leader, The 
ereat champion of whisky and infidelity was now ina hot 
place. and he seemed to be at a loss to know what to do, 
Twent up te him, and kindly Inying my arm around his 
neck began te recommend to him my loving Savier, At 
this he became somewhat enraged, but 1 held on te him 
and continued to press my entreaties. Presently he began 
toctremble from head to foot, like an aspen leat Stull ens 
eonraged, T poured the trath upon him, aud his agitation 
mereased, and letting 2o my held he sereamed out with 
ali his micht ond fell bis whole length upon the thoor, At 
that moment the excitement in the room was Intense, and 
if seemed as if heaven and earth had come together. ‘The’ 
noise might have been heatd o mile distant. —dkpothes 
point brother Heoper opened the door and eried to those 


Ree , PAS Ie. DR Bhi 


ee ee ee ee 
than Th isdownt* Whe rush te thie deer, of these frvan 
a “ibid wonitindeasiain etek eaatick Asthayesiee 
. Rating townaed they Gf) apei ome enover dn Que abou 
atl <n woouplawly bloeked ape tlect avai comic pues 
way Phe exchioment was ino tremendous hight, 


ail Hew sible to close the meeting. « Thise whine 
“ul iw! fer the of eeptictomn, ram te their 
Horses and ted with the greatest precipitamey and eonster- 
_ a The meeting lasted all swarise the 
ning,  Sevvabwereecnvented, agd HH. jamed the 
; . towel he did st oxperioney achemee of Ieart, 
Wet a ss ap ditiliory te dwobdless woukl have 
nvm: toe Gind will ni hear these wher regard 
pie thet bares, ar hob? amrighowmanass jm Uney 
unten ile wie wey, ane, eT, forliewm, iaea amd aed 
memietmenat the sneursed poison. aseg gead, lapens 
pon ecoriy Gem his convietion, as ii completly eared 
Bileey of Bais disposition to annoy and persecute the poopde 
ef Bed. 
ihn M'Mahan, an amiable, talented; aud aleaynesit 
 Sieatopresaler, whe taveled Knam eironis ome yey hee 
yo Mod, ae tae pease of: bretkst John. Padding. tant 
tye tome af God were dn hime, aud, de meek ROO atneg to 
pny ‘ie earthly dooms he amet awe foe Al) tis 
: omits ok hempe Sad ontered the rugged tele! Gre 
enh TBs, Me tore haploess ar a. gout saldier: apc 
‘haem Tis aoniliet was-savare, it was chock 2am ghorions. 


veg ahem tteon pact kinived. ie the wilderkete. be 

Srlded: mp Vic gqirit to Gad. Tt was) a eakim- sad guint 
ewiio oo camer, . A uabtem sgnined Raahedt into sull- - 
mer, shite to thit-entiiges iy, tha slidarpes. tim goalie 
Tenn of Hyé-orcse-we sinking tenes. idrends had he 
sects nae of Bexiak, brestiing Von-ait and heaving 
themes af the acletinl chtyy unk maw dee yormeimed toe 
: Bh 


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249 AUTOBLOOBRAPHY OF 


him nothing but the passage of Jordan. As he neared it 
the heavenly glory cleamed upon his brow; and no sooner 
did his fect touch the waters than an angelic convoy bore 
him sulely home. 

Again and again have I visited the grave of this sebetad 
one. Tt was in the woods—a lone, sequestered spot, 
where Solitude herself might have chosen a seat; and yet, 
to me, ne place could have been more favorable to reliz- 
ious meditaden., No pen could describe my feelings the 
first time I visited it alone. The forest cast its deep shade 
around, Scattered here and there were wild flowers, 
which, one has said, are the alphabet of angels, whereby 
they write on hills and plains mysterious truths. Around 
the grave was placed a rude inclosure. Here J read my 
Bible on my knees, and prayed, and sang, and otten did it 
seem tome that 1 was quite on the verge of heaven. 


ia RV. CAMS . POLLEY a4 
; Cee i 
RR 

Sei’ i ee J 

Tie! yey ral -e ae 

el OP APT LE TTY, 

ieriers “ 

PTEINKEANT LIFE CoSFISCED, 
Se ee, ae - . © 


. olla drnits. af the revivals thie your oy le eakoned 
nuteg dinenesting pong meng who ware subemqendly. pallet 
oft Giadk Be pened the Geapel—lamee and dmc Looper 
Banner Zemash, oad Job: Baker, Biwane! Hageilinn, mail 
Songine Buinget, Ther all 2atamed the taxvoling om 
navies, amd istrred with peel md euorses for many Fore 
Toe lation, however, wont of ty, dhe Badival eosegciima, 
eth deems the whiter of a paged whieh wie’ ahagted aa 
tite cegre ot Ratlonliem tar the weal, This arent neap- 
iniimmngp- biter things againel the gowenmest af the 
BMathedist Bpiaoopel Charah, repuesenting ag atoljgar- 
aby, ond the bishops, pawns aldovs, ang preachers ax oo 
many tyrants, fondingy 36 eve Gesl's hartge. Tie tren 
 iiandioem-eshiam oz gelling teams aosda, and toy wader 
tuaiinly for bionaelt and wey mines whe bath the Get, 
whigh hex, toes Roam teem ohemerty end mirend” theta 
lute -sihammaier ead Renporiones, doet stglit it whale “roan 
thevnd coiling derene to repixieses and thodies te Bosh 
oni whihals thay. weee pled as shepherds, aed spat 
sicko age and aglenmated Uhsir kalants im labyaeiege tor bewnks 
dears She fehl tam whic, they had aonped. « Dols) aot, 
baxpwrar, wring nguizet them war exis amemiatinmes “Us 
their ov Maphae “hey atand: oy Yall “Moar of cham 
Maee douiecs cats, goo mat t-test then sew veges 
Paper ih ia ahs ti aie pe ree en 
wine leanne, 

Ronen Tames since) hs eniln titans gated Geena 


D44 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


and entered into rest. Job Baker located, studied medi- 
cme, and went soath, Sinee then Lhave net heard any 
thing concerning Lis history. Jacob Hooper traveled vari- 
ous circuits Uil his health failed, when he located, and con- 
tinued, as far as circumstances would allow, to labor in 
the vineyard of his Lord. He yet lives, I believe, a good 
man and faithful minister. James Hooper still remains 
efiveuve, und theve is, perhaps, no traveling preacher in 
the connection who is more devoted to the missionary and 
Sabbath school cause, the latter particularly claiming his 
most earnest and faithful attention. Samuel Hamilton, 
all within a few years, has been a most Jaborious and 
efficient traveling preacher. For many years he served 
the Church as a presiding elder. Few sons in the Gospel 
have Jived to vracuate amone the fathers with more fidel- 
ity or honor, Though now worn down with toil aad halt- 
ing tu the tomb, he is calmly and patiently waiting the 
call of his Master to enter into rest. May his setting 
Sun in stniles decline, 
And bring a pleasing night!” 

Henry Baker also Jost his health on the roweh and toil- 
some field of itinerant life. It seemed to him thet his 
tnission was at anend, and following the leadings of Prov- 
idenee, he commenced the study of medicine, which he 
prosecuted with v gor and success. In due time he was 
admitted to practice, and by dist of appheation ana shits 
rese toy eminence on his profession. Tle became the tuver- 
ite physician of sore of our older bishops. After porme- 
ticing medicine for several years and hie healih being 
somewhat restored, he felt the returning fires ef Hiner- 
ancy glowing wihin his heart, and le aceordingiy re- 
entered the travel connection, where he remains to this 
day, a sound doctrinal and practices! divine, 

Bo extensive and powerfol was the revival on this ¢fr- 

{, that in the shart spaee of three months three beuw- 


cur. SASS Ki BISLEY. Sein 


ar siti ae bl WHF ta he “kaaly nig pie wine 
vine me new; anne, Revere, bares Gary to “the 
rae ame af the wodd, god Give demighi 0 
hts the geally onwe., 
hile peor T eommenend pronaling at Me, tole Dilow's 
peter aigaherrin ‘ahont six miles dom Zones, 
Die, BAe stia ieniinge of ate aaersty of Prands, om 
Retire cad teengly attached to thex deocuminatiaa, Be 
tntiwendob w key in Bakimors who wea» Mecbadhet; 
ad thee ediaes of Che hosbend, oa, nhal Kt fon! alton 
si * je feo ys te Mathodiet Grads te conecened, ov 
an hur temialationas winsiments, and-dho joined Ae 
a » Biase prce eerie’, howewar? ley wae of ee 
‘Gilocks tegen both islam fn the Mocnodlct tee Tirotivnr 
Tithe ue hee Hon ate pouty uo soroptable sk neatnl 
Besides ipthe Chumoh. Dewieg bis file he has bea 
‘whee esguge) ix ewntnercs and meicdivtiwss, “le 
- tewitamncetriales. and antarprinn Har telugniidan eenrey 
2 givarrerwner Knee eashlod. hoe fo boeget fovercny int 
Sried sted’ hewintes, ander which, thenaeside would’ howe 
ine iaaireently tuiged. The tara of Rooaevilia, vite 
fie indir aseng poe fe a Seawiie) manceien oo. dhe 
MoH yf the’ Mvcinnaty the-hease of hodgitslee gud 
Sinton ie tadabited ts Klee dor avioh af tes preepactty. 
 Sietawiin ively internat ie whatewer petishotd te ageing) 
tine ob tise aitivubutid Ay ewelet Une -imanmteee wf She 
RIES ae eee ie able ie: tee —auieminstel foapa, all 
hatte wih she Me was -ekor es pre freed of 
meperm aod is aieod: af eciwazten, “Deaply dine 
woned te te Cramk,be hes! om hoes -inady br adirrmen 
Wer sis Soe, ‘Sis: Dito lis pina. aot quai 


246 AUTOBIOORAPIY of 


since entered into rest. She could always be distin- 
guished in the Chureh, even in the latter day of Method- 
ist refinement, by her neat bat rich Quaker dress, She 
was a lady ef eduestion and refinement, and ardently 
attached tothe Church; and though ealled, trom her posi- 
tion in Jif, te mingle with the first class, vet never was 
ashamed of the humble society to which she beloneed. 
Her parlors were always open to prayer and class meet- 
ings. Every member of the tumily embraced religion at 
one time and another during life, and joined the Chureh. 
Four of the children have died; namely, Keziah, Lloyd, 
Marvaret, and Elizabeth. They all, | believe, died in the 
full assurance of faith, and in the hope of a glorious im- 
mortality. The sufferings of Lloyd were protracted and 
severe; but he bore them with the most exemplary pa- 
ticnce and fortitude to the last, frequently rejoicing in 
hope of the glory of God. Margaret—the wifted and 
accomplished Margaret—who early eave her heart to God 
and consecrated herself devotedly and exclusively to his 
service, ike one of earth's choicest towers, too bright 
and beautiful to last, was also called to join the company 
of the early dead in that better land. She was smitien 
before her life had reached its prime, and, sanctified by 
suffering, ripened for heaven. That the loving in life in 
death might not be divided, her younger sister soon fol- 
lowed her to the brighter mansions above, May all the 
mietubers of this househoid form an unbroken family in 
heaven! Two of the sons are traveling preaclers—the 
elder amember of the Ohio eonferener, and the a 
missionary on the shores of the distant Pacifie. 
But te resume my narrative, At Dillon's iron-works 
there were many who were grossly addicted tx habite et 
intoxication. My first appointment was at Mr. pore 
tavern, and the prospect was any thing but encourage 
White Lo was trying io preach many were pats 4 


EGY. eM Re B CIBLEY. os 


me cal averting, Ug ceyroving thine tox Geely cont 
Biase af -jcles tamed anand, with, Ms gives in hand wad 4 
Resting book, apd eal, © Yow go an with panr Iusines: of 
fomehiog sal we will mind anvs.? ower, tha Lori 
eH con Work onl meme can under: and notwithstanding the 
r i cirewmstinees, wpe of thase aiserable men 
awakened, avd, secking, found religion, IT furned a 
ches consisting of delim and Jacob Hooper, d. Ditten bitter, 
3 Sienaumens brother Cooper and wite, and Samnel 
Cassa, a ootored man. Theee were all in the employ 
of Mi, ih. ithe Mpuaes, At one thee ] went down 
scoters danulan and, standing om a larce salt kettle, deliv. 
a2. Capes epeunk,  Atber Toye throueh, 1 tock» 
pian a kinds of imsicating dbinke ont of aml 
from aeons the ference, ad plwlged they to knep than 
ant Guang, 1 yo went fork and gut aya submartp- 
ahaa Wier at nme ra Mr. Divon save 
telotniieroel. ad loaimed epengh. in ome morning, th 
‘Shen eis building, ue short tome: the taylors wore 
allatpets ther around andl preparations were beieg made fer 
 wernisige: At this stage of prowess, Mahop M*'Kandron 
eine een on his wastern tout, aaulwe coivelied hing, vs 
porch the dedication sorman. This, of esarsq aus alee 
gethon muctmipmegy, ec tho etraar-oioes had met gut bea 
jeje Aothet, Sine, howorne, we weg mel eek ie inate 
ieo-coder,.amil acca youemblé Yivhey Sook Ne alent npon 
ewevk on whisk th- church was to he beak, and popacded 
Sager, prterial eormom, frera Thuvt maemewshle tax, “Os 
tris Salk Dott ball aay Chomth, aad the gies af bell 
shell ee. geevedl agding, 4 Te was 4 aoalrebocking 
SP, Kite taeny wane awakens and eograrind, ao God, 
Wits the Inte af Eationare soar greatly: blessed. ~ toe 
pogness $6. imam thes thames was tylckisl, and remaimeda 
Peer Sroirine worshi® tox emmy oponre. Stabosqanntly 
owas taken down nel remewedl abort wae mice distant, 


O45 AUTORIOGRAPHY oF — 


where it was re-ereeted and eontinued as a temple of wrace, 
That humble editiee remains to this day, and is walls sti 
echo the sound of thanksgiving and the voice of praise. 
In this neighborhood a gracious work of God was carried 
on, and anether broke out a few miles distant under the 
labors of a loca! brother—Rey. John Goshen. The place 
had been proverbial for wickedness and opposition to god- 
liness. ‘This Iaborer in the vineyard sought oat this field 
of wickedness, and took it into his werk. He continned 
to labor, and weep, and pray over the devoted inhabitants 
till the Lord heard and revealed his arm ef power. The 
devil’s kingdom was terribly shaken by the conversion of 
the great champion of wickedness, Mr. Savage. The 
practices of drunkenness and gambling ceased, and fear 
and trembling came upen the most vile and hardened sin- 
ners, and many were brought to realize that Christ had 
power on certh to forgive sins. These two revivals, like 
fires in a prairie, continued spreading till they met, and 
the reformation was truly great and glorious, One of the 
greatest, iD not. indeed, the greatest, scurees of wiekedness 
and misery resulted from the manufacture, sale. aiid use 
of intoxicating liquor: ind the evil, lamentable to be told, 
existed in the Church as well as elsewhere, Ardent spir- 
its were used as a preventive of disease. It was also 
regarded as a necessary beverage. A house could not be 
raised, a field of wheat cut down, nor could there be a log 
rolling, a husking, 2 quilting, a wedding, or a funeral 
without the aid of alechoh in this state of thines there 
was great laxity on the subject of drinking, and the min- 
isters as well as the menibers of some denominations im- 
bibed pretty freely. The only temperance society Crit 
thes existed, and, consequen‘}y, the only standard raived 
ageinst the overflowing scourge of intemperaner, was the 
Methodist Church. The General Rules of the society pro- 
hibited the use of intexienting drinks as a beverage, and 


See ie ri ROS. He ae RE 2 PAD 


Viepot Aeimnty when pemeriind we aoseetiear hy a7 
Pepe. Bo other damouninatua. baring prabikitnd <be 
gute prdnan eybtite neu hewaragw, if falawedl, wae xen- 
= “aagenp ctmer NED, that ah pereius o8 middicend No. cipnik 
i ltady ya ok open, Mataliss tates. But 
ier aoniment publidy aguinet tds taoaster evil, nod: masta 
Peters, mondeas cd seers werd. om againat cho Charch, 
vo Heaton ahh epostien fir my avon of tho aise 
as mien, Gm me firsk powid J wag talnm- inte u 
‘peated. ome of mg stopping-placss, where then wey a tea 
gee fags Txekied my lost, whe wears eid to he a plows 
mgt he keg eantaioyd; gad he replied thit i ses 
ssi enh teat he tind promuced i Gor the parpssr of 
ey i. Dashed hin. ft be did got dyes 
oss shinioh wes the Weest omen of agen, aad chad Me 
ight mtpse ten duels? come paws, wid be sha woe 
wignee dank i eenniig, ands pucliape, ap tiig. a 
Pasinah him, if he Wid met kos thea God lend prs 
prseonio neures agatueh’ the onan wee partinth dhe Leics 
twihis melgthor’s month ond maketh dena strane. A 
‘ise eee wiotiied and angry seid; There te ne fae 
aginst wing “whisky, amd 1°02 done T plane,” 
ei Pery wal? said 1,73 Se a poet ile Meek woe's mark. 
bath tay’. YF you do ov Fou pase, Iwill dv ae] gionart 
net nein you anh tant keg eat of Mis teem Uw ill beams 
ae tebe te 2 wordt rather Ge ois the weeds thax, ay 
dpugtley 2 Dethodiag jem wish « tom enllow hoped wikioke 
Somer tomas E ierthemwenty axial, Row, sit, 0 
tog ioe teatro ai your heme aitidieg of ate incmerel 
mubisry Sowniely: Che aay act sara henahs site pias 
peat oes ce: Ron Rane 
ie oat te wane he ee ae aoe oath 
iit to mmeker oie. Atm Spgeiamant, toy aelay: 
I ivett quakion to gueech Tenney the tiew ud ardent. opus 
jit any hte, ana Gemma te se phates. cs paren 


950 AUTOHIOGRAPHY oF 


as Twas done, an old exhorier erme up to me and. said, 
ina fierce and anery tone, * Young man, T advise yeu to 
leave the cirenit and vo home, for you are doing mere 
harm than good; and if you can’t preach the Gospel and 
Jet people’s private business alone, they do not want you 
at all.” . 

Lreplied. “1 will nor go home; and T have a mission 
from God to break up this strong-hold of the devil. By 
his help I will do it, despite of all distillers and aiders 
and abettors in the Church,”’ 

Those of my brethren who were alive to God peer be 
me, and L drew the sword and threw away the scabbard, 
resolving to give no quarters and to ask no quarters in this 
war of extermination. An old and respectable Methodist, 
who had been in the habit of taking his morning dram 
for years, and who kept his bottle locked up in his trunk, 
came to reproye me, stating that he was in the habit of 
drinking, and had been so tor years, and he was not aware 
that he was any the worse for it. J told him it was a 
great merey that he had not become a drunkard, for L had 
vever known aman who was in the habit of drinking rex- 
ularly that did wot become a drunkard. He sail that be 
had a constant headache, and was obliged to use stimu- 
Janis for it. LT told him it was that very thine which gave 
him the headache; and if he would follow my advice aud 
quit the use of whisky and tea ull Lcame round again, 
which would be four weeks, and he was not eured of head- 
ache, then TP would submit to bis using such stimulants, — 

The old gentleman inade a pledge and kept it, and 
when Leame round, betore TP arrived at the house he came 
eut and told me he was well, having had no pain in his 
head for the last two weeks. He became a thorough-going 
temperance Inman, and proved a valuable auxiliary to the 
eatse.  Eneowraced in iny efforts to premote the cause of 
temperance, | suffered no opportunity to pass that [did 


. SEV. SEMIS Be Pie. abe 


lingers in pactzaging the pliywiest, social, aad awonal 
| ie wedding trom hesanpersnen, TL dwect panties 
Hea Bos. cok mack onions +Roate ina galigions pains of 
View, rad conde strong appeals to the wick aud-potgit- 
bm of ey empegsdon. Fonyuenty 1 wold pledge 
| Tekele-eakgnagadions, standing wpem thaly deat, wer they tama 
| Peieeree couer: cael dering dre sownda Tam eariain, the 
. deter peotion of the entire comunity became the friende 
" “Gl icbneie 2 gta a ae eee 
deere housed hed soletmply taken the pledge of toial 
chetnciom, This was .betns temparance societies were 
hommes. i» thie country. Ut as winply dhe eagry ing out 
of ths Motieediet Thesiplins on the enhject. My olfemts, 
tinting of quae, awebeged. the te cmd jacighabiun 
of ie erie Gah ct eH or Saath oes ee eee 
hos the ie farotusion.. They weerld gladly have 
Sales oie, Mote censor © CRG eNO ah ee ah 
Devewdh that powmr. Chie ed the grontect Aistlinrs in. thes 


emt cath Twas woven than a rehire, na T bad -peevented 


Raw dere selling whieky to the harvesters, god yop 
wes Gly to outer, The eravendmarted week did not 
Wink «f die becksyrhesrtel wives spd begauned eliidian 
Wn diatiisey bedimade. ‘Thi distiller bad v bald of gevday» 
to.snk gaa ina invited olh hie neighbors to Kelp bing That > 

me .o6 dhe opgaihied. tine, Belarc thei umepene dogp: 
mare. ceapiag be oGared the tole i6 ta lender, amd 
am. %.g the ‘meh Jat ke amo) iecinded, Hostal, ef bam: 
Gindke ele oomtcruad ding,  didoor shag bared. he fost 
yoaghy he tad. tiem ah agen, awd wath sean aioe. 
ite deepaghs. them se-drtal,jemt they call qrtsted: 
ogtasing, At this he baome soguy, ind sirore that ths 
cheald: <8) leer the deld; Swil they woadd wok deine 
. din whisite thoy shayld Rok ont tis symm, They pod’ ae 
avombiom to Bim, bent Wank on xayerat whernpos ke On 
angel thong, om of ie tield, nogk escom he weal poroeameta 


<q oe a Oe ee 
<s os 
se 


25y AUTOBIOGRAPILY OF 


the first man who dared to trespass by cutting another 
inehoof his grain. Sui they kept on reaping, and he went 
oi with his bottle, swearing vengeanee. His friends fin- 
ished the dield, shocked up the grain, and went home. 
This cireurmstanee gave a fatal blow to whisky in that 
neighberhood af that Gime and for vears afterward. God , 
at fast exused vietery to turn upon the side of temperance, 
and the Church was delivered from the deadly evil, | 
This year a camp meeting was held st the Rushville 
eamp-sround. At thie meeting we were blessed with the 
presence of both of our beloved Superintendents—Asbury 
and M’Kendree. A row was raised, on Saturday, by 
abeut twenty lewd fellows of the baser sort. who came 
upon the ground intexicated, and had vowed they would 
break up the meeting. One of the preachers went to the 
leader for the purpose of vetting him to leave, but this 
only enraged him, and he struck the preacher a vielent 
blow en the face and knocked him down. Here the eon- 
flict began. The members saw that they mast either de- 
fend themselves ar allow the rnfiians to beat them and 
insult their wives and daughters, J+ did not take them 
lene to decide, They very soon placed theraselves in on 
attitude of defense. Brother Birkhammer, on execedingly 
stout man, seized their bully lender. who hud strack the 
preseber, and with one thrust of his brawny arm ernshed 
him down between two benches. The aiddeeump of the 
bully ran to his relief, but jf was to meet the same fate; 
for no sooner did he come fm teach of the Methodist dima; 
with crnshing force, be felt himself ground on the back 
of his comrade, in distress. Here they wers held ii 
diranee vile til] the sheriff and bis posse came antl tock 
possession, and binding them, with ten others, they were 
earned before a justice, who fined them heavily for the 
misdemesnor, 
As soon as quiet was restored, Bishop Asbury cecupied: 


a BEV, SaGRO Bo ReWET. ag 


i ther shinier wel pine, die ree aed entd de 
ive the rewdite sme advion. Yow smash ronan: 
dese Test all ene eae te the Chmecly are tied yor zates- 
skp cad Tstvien you te be ahem scones Aerial ou. gos 
4 ve esr weed the devil shoul get in thiany ey wwe te 
s a) Mig 3 heriost eid Pelpiie aad PRARpOe 1k whet 
ee eee ee ee 
bassinet 
 Theweh ef the Tord ectmmenet wt tie paiiet. sta 
"isting ene kept up withoat intemwiasion. KU Tuceday 


arise” Nested of -one hiamired were eonveried to 
tie! aed “joined the Choush, Magy mare gave da: Uaoiv 


cans, HE Shey were Jongehert evar” to. fe detehete: dev Bee 
ty the nent preacher who shenhd wane weet the 
drei Bathe ainen of tha comp sceting ie jel tow sims 
hacen whim was held ta, Chiltesthe, Gemtur 17. 1918. 
“ithe year Sivas was wn inereass in the mousbomehip 0f 
os ro oopteromae, a thre temssmd, Shree loaustper 
Hie Hemp dow whites. sod caw Tntahond aad diyghty acon 
‘ghee h—narking a total of three. thassand, Bye 
aud Prlyicoe, The nattabier toe tho whl 
sptioted 23) tea Showediad, 2e0eh irctendt “nays 
Twenkphrea presahers, wise. aduedtiod ag - trial 
“ Pon fncidert ocrersed at tie container whlok Taka 
sever forget, and I Weick tome rex devices will heey 
Spay Dvels repillecions. Diehbor thoy mait-th ‘he 


Prats, Bretieren, % sey of you hove taprning yera- 
bei Rh Fonte elocneas teed that aheald bo Wmtern so She 


Sepataitiwas, in mthing rons tppuetey, fron afl 
Gyop ane & ote, Twill, 20 ike 28 will bo memepaciiie with 
mee Geni intertowy of ths Gey moleema fe eeooae 
Hite Pom > E hha a. erens ites? vbw weet, besgeed f 
at Geindirue wise ‘called ‘ate Gy tbat direedom, end fe 
Waki the mci binmentt te hey with “chara ¢ oo Dens. date 


O54 AUYTORIOQGAPHY OF 


and addressed a very polite note to the Bishop, requesting 
him to send me west. 

My request, however, was not granted; for when the 
uppolmtnents were read out, instead of hearing my name. 
announced in connection with some western appointment, 
Twas sent one hundred miles further cast. To this, how- 
ever, TL responded amen, and after the adjournment of 
conference T said to the bishop, * H that is the way you 
answer prayers, | diink you will get no more prayers from 
me.” Well,” said he, smiling and stroking my head, 
“be a good son in the Guspel, James, and all things will 
work tovether for good.” Ihave found that those who 
are the most in the habit of praying tor appointments, are 
those who are generally most disappointed; for if their 
prayers were answered, it would be against the prayers of 
whole Churches, who pray to be delivered from them. 

At the General conterence, which was held in May, 
1612, the old Western conterence was divided into Ohio 
and Tennessee, and parts of Kentucky belonged to eneti 
conference, Tt was the last time that many hearts, which 
were united as David and Jonathan, were to meet in con- 
feren together, and great sorrow was felt at parting. 
When the hour came we united in singing the hymn, 

“Blest be the dear, uniting love, 
Which will not let us part; 
Our bodies may far off remove, 
We still are one in heart,” 
Then taking the parting band, we took a hearty, warm 
farewell, inspired with hope that when the toils of lite 
were over, We should meet again im the communings of 
that better world, 

The name of my cireuit was West Wheeling, in the 
Ghio district. Jacob Young was appoinied presiding elder 
of the district. St. Clairsville, the eapital of Belmont 
county, Was the cemier and metropolis of my cireuit. The 


ec REV. TAME BR. FIREBL. eed 
ie oe I" ig sSiecionirces Trend. wes Goa hundred seach i 


cee. ean Snicligs ag wietachy saat: My 
on feo renal, was to wet all de elass-books, 
erat crease! the leaders tke down all the manes 
emorandum, kept for that purpose. and wien any 
ot | ; expelled, or had died, I weuld mark my 
besk geawrdingtp. ‘Thus, without reeonrer to the clues 
Yoeke, at the omb of the vear, L could tell exactly the 
niniene Wameiets, 
oh geared wy thnnliy 40 Bh. Clnireitle, Thy enadoty 
; Neca aed ‘key pins people ip it, though sone were i a 
igen lies. Alois ed my appends there Wend 
os Stor, Who had been raised » Memen, Cathos 
Oe bat had been converted and lived in the enjoyment of 
“relichn. She could not real a word, and had never seen 
w Bie, ax dhe lial been tanght it was an extrenity dane 


cgerots book, amb net te be read er touched, sincere 
Siar ss oni ee ey 
cctniinks | Blos: whe empgee 4 he belle! thet hear thine 
aot worth sper to her the aates ot heavens det as 
lived the heys of i. Peter he cond equ or char heaven 
; sepa that whenever ho ‘Massed wax Messat, 
fh Wieser be exec was vused. ‘Take - prea wane 
sali Sis Bacied: Wis Goined tenis Gar dha TS a Biciyt 
 etlied Atsuie Shen toymenma the ines ci te helownd laid, 
har gviat hnitken actrema, agel she theted aria? Vay at 
nig. Che iongiaa Wied Gad dhed: tadiwe eee oil os 
poatliinesns “iat tar arbehaasRtone,: nee jprenend swith. greed 
anes: the Tinie Ahoy aan, oka ootmie, Sine 
aie niente Rarwlk tein ambos wanes, tad ould 


AS 


ZO AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


over her ave Marius. Her dreadful state of mind con 
tinued, su that she neither ate nor slept, and fears were 
entertained that she would become deranged. At lengah 
she conciuded to pray tu God to help her. For the pur- 
pose of praying to God she ascended the side of a mouni- 
ain, and there, tar from human vision, she fell on her 
knees and poured out her heart in prayer to God. Her 
language was, **O God. have pity on a wretch like me!” 
She repeated this petition for some time, and was about to 
abandon herself to despair, when she saw, as she described 
it, adark and heavy cloud, which had rested upon her, 
pass away, and she was surrounded with a glorious light. 
All her distress left her, and the anguish of her heart was 
turned into joy. She thought she must die, so much was 
she burdened with excessive happiness. After a while 
she returned home and continued happy all day and ail 
night. The next day, while sitting at her wheel spinning, 
Sain tempted her and darkness again surrounded ler. 
In this state of mind she fled again ts God in prayer, and 
was happily delivered from the snare of the devil, 
Peat ak of a Methodist meeting in the neighborhood, 
ont, and there, for the first time, did she hear the 
i preached and salvation by faith in desus pro- 
claimed. Then she beheld the glory of God as it shone 
in the face of Jesus Christ. Soon after this she joined 
the Church, and ever after remained one of tie most eon- 
sistent and happy Christians. She was poor, in regard te 
things of this world, but rich in taith und spiriiwal enjoy- 
meuis. Onee whue my colleague and self were taking in 
her house of the goodness of God and the comforts we 
enjoved, she let the stick, with which she was stirring the 
mush, tail into the tire, and startled us with a load shout 
of glory. Twas slarnied at this sudden outery, and sup. 
posed sister E. was sealded, but in a moment Tunderstood 
ail perfectly plain, She continued praising God wil near 


HRT. FAMES Ee, Fisher. 257 
it. She would often shot oa her herr, letting 


9 : tooeting of anesher deicbtnatieks The Fam 
Salto chop rae into ene room. ‘The 
Dee was ehoquent in diseoursing whomt Jess and his 
no for our euilty race, As Mis heart warned 
sister E. eaught the fire, snd being unable 
emotions, she shouted aloud the praises 
“his nt alarmed the prowherand disturbed 


rth, who bir tober tatenae 8 
= Wot ciicomars fracas opin 
eae. ‘Would mabe ang change in any ceeds 
ee ree ee 
is cia vekood the Lond commenced a grent and 
work, ta ne mene were nepaheians There 


‘chad Re wl these cane thane were noany Matiidest 
jibes of the power of grate in tenewing the Bene. 
Sheet Site Ge thew Boarisbed te Bits sotto aff Geo 
oiaing halogen pressor by tho name of Abbot Sirgen, 
ei by Reided Aries ing. wien Virgins, wif wag 
Oat aN : hen receiving a wink potelathg, 
‘Te WE: he oul he old ceanmanae with, amgosts, aan Ip seas 
vine. tho fot foetitita ef eomematicuticn: te the world. iis 
: ae ibd aes A vies wdetialy teens. Che Oaleac 
silat Gaul, crecgt UME tn tanght the amikBeton of the 
d. -"The segntioriet Son! he tngint, tes & part, of 
taba s ati when, the body Bak dhare wns @ yooutptien a? 
fe 20s) inls Bef, pace See se ees mt 
af fate toned, nor das july, Bo wont 
materi ftir aca apostles, mmaly wen, 


255 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF — 


preaching and pretending to raise the dead, One of - 
followers, in the bounds of my circuit, declared that he 
could fust vs lony as the Savior did—forty days in 
nights. This, he ssid, he was enabled to do 

the divinity was in him. To prove it he commenced 
the work of fastins, and persisted in abstaining From fod 
for sixteen days, when he died. The haleyon declared 
that he would resuscitate himset! after three days, and 
they kept his body til decomposition had progressed 50. 
far that they were compelled to bury it cut of their sight. 
This, like all other species of fanaticism and superstition, 
had its day and produced some excitement on the cireuit, 
but nothing that resulted very disastrously to the eause 
of relision. 

This year the war spirit unfortunately entered into 
many professors of religion, and as soon as they caught it 
ther besan to lose their religion, Many that once walked 
With us to the house of God and took delight in the serv- 
ives of religion, naw marched off in rank end fe to be- 
come disciplined in the arts of war. Several, who had 
been saved trom drankenness by the Church, returned to 
their evil habits as ‘the dex returns to his vomit, and ay 
sow, that was washed, to her wallowing in. the mire,” 
Wars and rumors of wars are peculiarly fatal to the mild 
and peacetul spirit of the Gospel: and when the Prince 
of pesce shall obtain his dominions, “swords shall be 
besten into plowshares and spears into praning-hooks, and 
nation shall learn war no more.” 

The joeal preachers on this circuit were Vachel Hall, 
James Starr, Amos Sparks, David@M’ Musiers, anil Awhi- 
bald M’Elroy. One of these, brother M’ Masters, went 
off iu ‘the Radics) secession, though he was a oud maa. 
Like many otbere, he was led astray by designing” meni. 
He died soon after joining the Radical Chareh, and has, 
no doubt, entered into vest. Brother M’Blroy entered the 


More 


BRT. SAMRS Ba PIGLKY - ie 


! hae. commention, Ue.wse Ag eee, iad cape ta 
oe mi Sey, tops Map. De wee ome ow the zaast 
ee i mad darotae in al) the Ghiesant-ranks. Me sesiand 
tp beve had ageesiioc auanvion, t Cainiulen, sind anupeely 
4 . ioe ecomrees, to peeheat sees oF Ua miist 
i So tie eMagiion’ of Die mopiieta:. “He 
mame the ttawines, tte af She jaw spon tha 
out at the stupaniaaed was pogarisd, ja bis dev, 
a Saks, hapdavess, Eis as a \Soitbiteh. aad ofi- 
dletadigs perscher, sak died ie Lis work, 
, 7 eae, 28 ie Seat alese-lnadu 1 evar ony, Livy) om. tits 
Ries. Fie, once ee Vi Cog. Ceseas ine teeqeutly 
 hepd the tender: aot. en, Sa enter, ith li Co's: dye al- 
rage led om queers his clase. “MI Ony was ecuwertad 
ty. Jeplend. whdgn the lghore nt Waalex, wea Jee. boy. 
Binmetse, to whew de Wak wgereiend, henge Rosen 
Crit. weal Wak Kar .oni oe night while adenmi a’ 
" escrcemvsine Giher tas be atop. ak slpdt i tbe oow~ 
| ie cicada priate dar aye 
nea, wget’ ia ian things of God, and he hed ibe 
| ante anbodicad clase that aver T Siezgne yagualatos! wath. 
| Ele onl elke 2m tivelems agense, foc maging’ ob! ches, 
ed. thane. wane no guddiage ahont-om Srbbotk sqmgmp leis 
apharm; ae gomg lo aciowss of fpohion sad. ginderr. 
Bip alleged, se deanily iglive withoxs emipez. Macnoarbhe 
“ameipeeat the, comenanton. or ladgleet io tue ase of dni 
dante daieke, soni omzaai. ia: bie singe spies weir, 
Mie, AS. te: sulpe af Dipcighnn sate eangieds quat nial 
alan Bo skqerspat ae sk wae mowed to-gny n-rond, 
fy, Wheaten oa thke Aca) ef. ahopaa:- Adi. doe, sidewnerd 
Typed te Betceae to Ged len bnger att nensh hese bel to 
gag, tad a8 Tho -qealecly saan ih was pence bended! 
Bree Se hesnt. Sane iariie cies ‘were allgwsd to aay, 
se RE a He pane o- pag ings Malang"? {Gay one opesaion, ant 
aaa posing: Slepes, Tavapsdeats Dean Coubi «par teh Feet 


960 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


woman, who was on her way to town to sell some sewing- 
thread. T said to her, © Aunt dane, where ere you goin 
on foot?” 

“Going to sell this thread to get quarterage.” 

“But you are too poor and too old to pay quarterage.” 

“Bless God for poverty. Lo have none of the world, 
and there is nothing to take my mind off of Jesus, my 
blessed Savior. 1 should feel very unhappy and ungrate- 
ful if I did not give something to help on the cause of my 
blessed Master. My ood leader tells us that without 
faith it is impossible to be saved, and this faith must be 
active and fruitful; for a dead faith is worth nothing 
cither for time or eternity, and in the day of judement 
our faith will be proven by its fruits. The happiest day 1 
have, is when I am trying to earn something for the sup- 
port of the Gospel.” She would not receive her quarter- 
age as a vift from another, but resolved that it should be 
the product of her own hands. The conduct of this wo- 
man ought to shame many members of the Church. She 
did not belong to that class of Methodists who thank God 
that their relistion costs them nothing. 

This was a year of great spiritual benefit tome. Our 
quarterly meetings were occasions of great power, and 
multitudes of all denominations, sects, and conditions 
would come out to preaching. Onee ata meeting of this 
deseription, when the house was crowded and the power 
of God was divinely manifested, Lwas ealled on by brother 
Young toexhort. Being much blessed, | suppose [raised 
my voire to its highest piteh and struck the book-board 
with my hand. At this a young Jawyer—Charles Ham- 
mond—whoe had a considerable reyitation for talents, be- 
eame alarmed, and. urgine his way throueh the erowd to 
the door, fled for is br. On my next reund the sexton 
found in the pulpit a very neatly-turned maul with a slip | 
of paver wrapped around the handle, which was direeted 


ae 


EEv. TLV Ke PISO. BUS | 


oie, * Daft apenas was presented, and on the paper 
ae a seats Uh Tad th gps ot 

AEP yest ran not weake thom hear 

OW have you ue this taaul. A 


: eet lemell: dar eel hehe Ba 

— iPa Davetar cncthys woend ate 
dys alee this want, te is but small, 
At thunder on the board 4: 


Ba Petia c 
On sinners all wromnd, > is 
And if you can net make them hear, 

dake up tits maul aid pound,” 


J , mar —- i. 
sak, igo 
#46 het ae 


os mer 


263 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | 


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CHAPTER XY, * 


%, 


. ITINERANT LIFE CONTINUED. % 


a 
At a conference. hurd at Steubenville. September 1, 
1813, esville and West Wheeling circuits were united. 

Thad for my collearue the aged and venerable minister, 
— Miehael Ellis. It was a full six weeks’ cireuit; and, as 
father ENis lived in the bounds of the West Wheeling part 
of the cirenit, L removed my family to Barnesy This 
end of the cireuit was new; and that part of it w ich lay 
between Barnesville and Marietta was a wilderness with- 
out roads, settled prinetpally by hunters. [took this part 
of the work, a8 T considered it too hard for my colleague. 
During the year we had revivals in many plaees, and 
were much encouraged to labor in the vineyard of the 
Lord. The loca) brethren were at their posts, fling the 
Sabbath appointments, and assisting at our revivals like 
men of God baptized for the work. 

An ineident oceurred on one of my excursions in ae 
wilderness part of my cireuit, whieh | will relate. 1 owas 
traveling slong a solituy path through the weeds, and all 
arenes Teame upon an oll man ef the most crotes qe 
appearance, trudging along at a slow rate, half bent, with 
an ox and two broomsticks on his shoulder, As 1 ap- 
prouehed him [Po said, * Well, grandfather, how do ine 
do?” 

He was a German, and replied, * It ish wall.” 

“You have too much of a lead tu carry.” : 

“Yes, but I ean go wot often.” popes, 

“Where do you live, old triend 2" 


= 


HSV. SSMS Be MALT. Pas 


gt, clase * priest fy @ etna] cabin am the hol-shte, 
core. tay yn nee, ae, Wael od” 
ate ep wort T Nes wethge t tnst io ts acer vortd 


‘8 oY ding sbour teas “ast c 


ot lear, and Gy love a v3 
An ule have vou Tiaing Wing 
oe 


tig pel a Metndiat,* le. 

© Crk Fim. join the Mechodizte ?? 

— seeders in Maryiagd, nodax dat gratis imap 

Sot Bywwhadys, on Pipe cok, wed my vite ton; 
int ture, awh og ipiher awd. my true ever mines 3 

ms 41 Halo get hoss-to wwe hive i 26 Ini 


thea i felt mys heart bum wikis me; ta, hes- 
ted 24 Bho Bethel, L atoppad. oat weer in, Hye 
sag wa glao quite aged, was ailing by ber whesl, 
tom, I told theo Tae a Metbodint presebar, 
he than happy 1 mist wih them, Chere man 
he Ne abaic’ im ake carina; but. thowgis destitune od 
jepes, ovary thing Laer Jodked aust ané cleap,, 7 
L, poke, phew hiptary, upd leszact kat they, goed 
rat, wooparty in Warriend; bak tier cold jh. snd gene 
at ah be: aha purpare of haneftng thaie aon. shy 
“i apes, ol lead. onminining, ety acter, apd -a- 
Bnet hea, fag could iiss comfcziobiy, Tn tha mange 
; une thelk soe grow ag), Oa Henares voullees tind wMenay, $ 
a (wide se Ate, Trogeé, oid euaiion: “io foetoumne alaetrhars.. 
_ ARS qnies hive the olf popole made him», tle ta the fare, 
.“ ai, ck hie cbligatingnte maintain Dar. gg: Jong, pe thay 
|  Te.. A tie, Fons ayers thea pauploeal sam anil 


a ee 


O84 ATTOBIOGRAPIY OF 


the land, took the money, and left for the west: sines 
which time they have never heard of him. Being obliged 
to leave their home, they went into the woods, built their 
ithe cabin ca Conzress land, and obtained a livelihood 
by making brooms and baskets. They had a Bible, 
well-worn, and a hymn-book, which bore similar narks of 
use Tfere. in this cabin alone, they held their meetings ; 
class meeting on the Sabbath, and prayer meetings 
ing, noon, and night. They had rich enjoyment. They 
talked about religion, as if they had been the inhabitants 
of the heavenly Canaan, We sang and prayed together; 
and such a mecting [had not enjoyed for years. I real- 
ized, in my very heart, that [ would not have exchanged 
their lonely little cabin for the most sumptuous palace on 
earth, without God. It was distressing to look at their 
apparel, and yet their faces were radiant in the midst of 
their rags. T took down my saddle-bags, and gave the 
old servant of God all the wardrobe Thad with me, and 
then, with many blessings, bade these happy saints adieu. 
When Larrived home T reported the ease to the brethren 
and sisters of Barnesville, and they went to work, and 
made up two horse-loads of clothing, meal, and meat, 
and dispatched it to them. O what a lesson I learned 
from this Simeon and Anna! their humility, patience, 
entire and happy resignation to the providenee of God! 
Thus they lived happy in God while they lived: and 
after a few years, they went rejoicing home to heaven. 
On this etrenit there lived a man by the name of D., 
whe had Jed the daring and adventurous life of a back- 
woods hunter without God, and consequently without 
hope in the world. He was drafted, in the war of 1812, 
to so on a tour of dury ata block-house on one of our 
western stations. This was a frontier station, and Indians 
were all around them. One morning he arose, and, with 
some of his companions in arms, be cautiously epened the 


mg Tei 


RVs fe TA ieee te be) 


Misige ide Rite: qa gaa de oh Se Geko thee WONRAdRA at 


oon Se Oe, sl ws tar Arrhied 
paar Sparc, hoe wwe ded vig ey Lins, cet ewe 
io hie maids tel) wlieel, ain Baer “tees, 1, weeeslaat 
sri. vl saw the dadians mshi from their eivert 
De TES: fe ely. ea ee ml todas hr hw - Bikar 
ats. GWG thee Seu tai te saw core Levies. draw ip 
Chick coins hw sth desta,  Jalds moe biepe of hte eensisted 


iy Muni ta the bheck=hmwse, amd inetagtie hoe epvevl wert, 


iano heporaie lominees, We vouched the oar, anal 
Cie Inne, las. wy thal: Leman evan iS. oa) is SR rhe pul 
MG. “HE hws of the onogry. Just ae he del, they fsa, 
ee ae et) Shoe ble paseo Cheeni hes tee. Tiere i 


iim Datise ea ha, amet peeled lacy, im. steaniGeme ie 
ct. ce. meh, itiventte inane thea Testiana acronis, 
[sO Ow weet t tad, ses Liars werk fier oe fie he 
Lehn wiih FMA Tea. Be wits MOEessae ke Wee ee Gott 
MAIKO. See Wine ape poke, a6. Mee hice’ way 
CHI tiehe donk, ait we ehinened. Sayeteai ite 


dine weet het throw ihe poeteleles. Durie the tien 


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} : \ HS: TERR ERS Gas ~ SEEING A ey Me iN 06 TA SOS 
] eRe ae am NN, WS GP =, AIRS Py TRO Paes ion 


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yew ape 7 7 Wy nee HAS TRE Wee WRIT” EF ee 
‘ ae a0 1 >. iat bay howe eats ! eS 
WA | ais a ee a ett ise hae 4 t Aaah 
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NS Pitas et tat aii reat hs, Oe. J i 
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Lire NINN “NEgaeth. Miho Newer eho Gesu. eal! ie ana 


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PaO AUTORIGERAPAY OF | 


on Duck creek. ‘The people were poor, but contentea 
and happy, and enjoyed religion in all its simplicity sad 
power. Men in the winter came to meeting with their 
moccasins and hunting-shirts, and women with their lin- 
sey-woulsey gowns, and bareheaded; and ine stwamer, 
barefooted. O how they could pray, and sing, 

Early in the spring my colleague resolved on. visiting 
this part of the work, and having obtained a guide L 
vielded to his wishes. In the morning we took breaktust 
together, and L said to him, «Father Hilis, you had betier 
eat hearty, for you are going into a wilderness, where your 
fare ae be hackwoods indeed, perhaps coons or ypos- 
sums." ‘¢My dear brother,’’ said he, “1 can nol eat 
dows or eats.” Phe first house he arrived at was brother 
Dye's, who had, that morning, killed a bear and two cubs. 
As they were lying in the yard, father Ellis walked 
arownd them, and dryly said, “They have the very foot of 
a necro, and the tusks of a dos.’ The old gentleman 
had @ gracious meeting with the brethren in the wilder- 
ness; and when he returned, he said they were the happi- 
est and most simple-hearted people he had ever seen. | 

The year was one of great prosperity.  Multinades 
were taken into the Church. Notwithsianding the pros 
perity en seme of ihe cireuits, there was only an increase, 
in the district, of about two hundred; and in the whole 
connection the inerease was only thirty-six. The previous 
year there had been aw decrease of three theusand., ‘This 
great decrease in the imembership was attributed to the 
wor. This excitement, ail-pervading and demoralizing as 
it was, operated cisastrously to religion. Nor could ip ne 
otherwise. A spirit so directly averse to the spirit of the 
Gospel--whieh broo les pesee on earth, and good-will to 
man—it a.lowed to fake possession of the Crave; Nine 
eat out all gadimess. —— 


A camp meeting was held this voor oe ts wills 


7 


PAE. CAMER Se. PIBTEY. Say 


ae Daina mari awa, Ale Ske OE mE wey 
marie. Che Eebtaty, allewmor. kc sywnmed an i ae 
Bi E heaean wea primi ath (hee wis w rele) 

20) time, “Diya shaats nf saints amd, the andes 


i pnb tnomthet, ami wemiaiy do heaven, 


ree hatha, gins ant qed, ae wel) ne whe dri 
age a ota of Wrbed oud’ w Sow ad Dis asencinias, 
patel boy sine went ima the pallpit. aud exenmanied 
ig the prewhees xed meorbeve. Thay wipe -iasitasl 
wpe ig <winieaen whensuiem thé leader snow 
pete, nat aimed, 4 sé bien, aad wee ahont Geng, chen 
Sint, the wessteting close by, mddenly taew open 
She pais 66 Che loske, amet then, atining the belly by tga 
‘aieoclor,. shyony. him tm bik tinal, tnd, drome. bia, 
tolnatently, ike. Gre pitachen’s tent, what he- wan die 
Se ‘The party, eeeihe hw 
rine eile Ania: Webon, tevere sinddbeal ys “pelea arith « 
it ti Whe te prisomds called whom tie, (nities 


. soto gabe soar. They seein. ah amlsclaag, ~ Ak this 


eo weeping, wet privae, and pleading. Ms 
eau: Rie woure Timwonl? may thas wae to mathe, ho would 


| : tophetings., Rae as ie ahcteid been dey waebee’ acum: 
— egpate thon? bom etnad. Plog tay poo. mater, Sor 


Tied cocke,” said be. On paydivien Yi he would pevey 
Gatghn smagengniien: agpink a woe’ releendl asd cam 
iilet Re eiewmpmens; nad thee ween an store Benes. 
anes sale thes: Potter Elie ack mgcelf alsced age 
ntogn ain tte airaubte willy the enantliag! sefinntion (has aa 
Tone omnat, lhedvetiedd. im eka + Aunt “wast cowie chuck ein. cw, 


| Rerteymu sie bondieas of Dealer. We ayer aye 


aratnted inthe ocmremep that She (awgh, adrrceem, by, 


ges abt apt teawiedes, | Wis temit wp ome sirenli 


inven; aay the oipsenry meneaton. amd stapled. ddr 
ee ees ee 


ie) Bae 


268 AUTORIOGRAPIY OF 


This year L was appointed to Cross Creek cirenit. ard 
had for my colleague the Rev. Archibald M’Elroy, of 
whom | have already spoken. Our cireuit included: se 

towns of Steubenville, Cadiz, Mount Pleasant, Smithitiel 
and several other villages, embracing all the aaa te 
Jetierson, part of Harrison, and Belmont counties. Lt 
took four full weeks to travel round it, with an appoint 
ment for every day and two for the Sabbath. Phe mem- 
bership was large, amounting to nearly one thousand. 
We had to preach thirty-two times every round, and meet 
fifty classes. Thus, it will be scen that we had no time 
for ‘visits, modes, and forms,” to attend parties of pleas- 
ure, loaf around stores, offices, and shops, read newspa- 
pers and chat about farms, horses, hovs, and catile, or the 
polities and the various speculations of the day. My col- 
Jeavue was a stcut-built, hale, and hearty Irishman, of 
fine native talents a zealous and fearless, outspoken Chris- 
tian minister. Tle was frank in his manners, blunt and 
honest in all his demeanor. He called things by their 
proper names, was shrewd in argument, and always ready 
to make war on the enemy in every shape. We met soon 
after conference aad arranged our work, resolving to enter 
upon it, trusting in Him who hath said, © Lo, Lam with 
you always, even unto the cnd of the world.” At our 
first quarterly meeting, at whieh brother Young was pres- 
ent, we had a refreshing time from the presence of the 
Lord. The meeting closed on Monday, and ali went home 
under the injuncidons of a selemn covenant to live and 
labor for the salvation of seule, T met all the elusses, 
made new papers, changed negligent smd ueprofituble 
leaders, appointed prayer mectings, waked up the leeal 
preachers and exberters, and starved every thing to work, 
As might be expected. the hit birds began to thetter, and 
there was aconsilerable of redgous gossip among a cere 
tain class. Some scolded, others eried tyranny, oppres- 


an oe 
“a * 


Ret, GLASER irwery. Sah 


fai 4a, heaton MMoinp: jodi heseatby with. ame; say 


ie aahars tare ciidened 24 Mee pro peet wl te 

agsia. Thue newt qeaat the. lepers” 
ult em) Ge aelomunmts ampere. sovel els 
eae Wp one ie quip ng gt 
. OM RITES Kiavinesis. Brat Becta cat te 


| ne tenon the work. of a Berd sent on glow. 
, i a wited 1p vppneiion, am the heasy inti 


wihery of Calvinisny was bnwaglt to ber ‘pon 


‘i oD gues aiy colon ras change wt this wang of 


a OF wee premet, iy cet cones, when ape 
ai Gur Tclmaiet winiviwe niteshed wy collage. Ba was 
ao Talat, ced hee, im that wept, Upoak pet Gamal. 
‘Phe gk ot debecw os tm gerund tothe awranet umd te- 
enated El ad Gert MBror eumtended chat if Gael Kant 
cece apne eairomioararan alse Vena lek OA 

ine? iy Tae 3 we Raw itde wend, der et louger 
svn Bsiten deni shad aye Rie emaght hv dso 
Vdine Tine Oitvdniat ropliod, » Your eoptaury parst give 


‘Sap dewediet of toon? The austen of feok tr whic he 
| alone amie che ence of Alveadvane, Sud tnd some 
eh Tiertes offer seg hig so. Toga, mosh thee wartwanletl 
noth a Ged. anee eridenty shot Lone showht hee alntw aaa 


Crepes, Key tan sense wld ad Cond ome dee cas eyo wate 
pettowineatice. “New,” seid tha Onieiney wie ws ahr 
‘ef giiic cad cmescione wiumaph. apr be mstaganiedy gon 
yma aapor felle othe -qycueh” . The Mathadiew 
Splatt “Tne, ccueg ten pean, wake, Brom mek Soe thr 
ents canting, Ghat poe adie ol fine thaeates-om* ag tap seat 
‘tele co Cote: AAS sree: geal hell ae cnegnle. 2ecm el ote iar 
tee Bible me pow Sore an the dpwanhlyts Opindicioan, pea. 
Red net Save seomard tad ah dee & matter, of ines, 
‘gta lors Sh -oeeling an oats, Wray, ona thet oneliy at 
PUP ahche Dinine geotndeaed ‘they gyon of A besos 


270 AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF. 


mand to slay his son. But what are the facts? God ecan- 
manded Abraham to slay his sen. While in the act of 
obeying. another ounane} is given entirely reversing the 
former. Neither of these purposes of God bata 
inasmuch as they were both revealed.” 7 
Many interesting incidents are connected wii 7 i 
of this cecentric minister, # 
The new meeting-house in Steubenville had bees ie 
In an unlinished eonditiun, and it was put ander eamtract 
and soon completed. At the dediesion, a geuthanan of 
the town, with eleven others, presented a very lendsome 
copy of the Bible for the use ot the pulpit, with a request 
that a sermon should be preached from Revelation xxii, 
21.0 Their request was complied with, and it plensed God 
to pour out his Spirttin a wonderful manner. Eleven out 
of the twelve who gave the Bible, were converted to Goa 
and joined the Church. This work spread ll the whole 
town was under its influenee, 7 procured a loeal brother 
to fill my appointments, and remained with my eullen ow: 
for some time, Our mectings continued day and night. 
‘One morning, before breakfast, | was sent tor to pray with 
eight fumilies, many of whom I found lying on the foer 
erying for merey. The influence of this revival extended 
to other Churches, and many were brought trom darkness 
to light, and from the bondage of Satan to the liberoy of 
the elildren of God, One hundred and thirty jomed oa 
probation. The revival flame spread, and at maxyosher 
appointments on the circaif there were manifest displays 
of Divine power in awakening and cowversin “Itowas 
not long fill all the waste places of Zion phan mane 
and the Clureh became the garden of the Lord. a 
Io the town of Smiti field there was na ala ad Meh 
odists. Ii waa settled principally by Quakers} and thodgh 
there were any good people in it, yet there Wier image 
vory wicked. My colleague and I met here everp twee 


re 


EET. HR ESIR. HOREYY- £72 


f “porn we vikiniwed he peaking bees. 2. gomibemer: 


ane wf &. gure he the wee of Ris hoora aa ® oie 
Dy tad th ae Bet ee VN be ho “opened bis 


. poser aqealhtigr tod. rastsrad ale bieasker of God 


ty Mis hort The Lond noriped, Be week hers, sod ins 
_ ieee ave Tal 2 acaeoy eo mvcwmaty meetin’: wd. xs 
| SRGH Wore ome congtegations, dant he. pleas wae wick 
foxeomall dor as. I slividesd the cWet) tuntermen, my, ool- 
Aoyama gall for ths porpise of miading the Males, 
lands ee did ome equa. While heather BT" Elooy 
sel tinciing- the isles th 4 dabtabe plane, adied Trick 
Ridge, whom his eongeegation wae singly eompesed af 
Wieceom. ememaryenen, he tobk ogeisian fo evattgakt (imac 
wiedtion tw bal Uwen io the mothe enenteys Seiad 
ta, Vor Sriceom turing: me quae af te Isimeliane 
wien ihepemere in Byypat. They bad soskmabters, amd 
‘cian liye’ ox wake ‘hein tals of Beick, Sading thei ove 
tse: Eas pou were te Ireland your taskmaghere: oo 
 Riigiene teins ons only Inds yrona 9 Same patalene Gy apt. anti 
Siege Zoning eniied with pour ars; bet God has apemaed 
= Renseimip for you ences so briny dacp, amd breaght sare 
ah yon wives end cbikdess. into a lead which ewe wink 
ogith, md honey, rad. pe bave.good hemes, while gour dim 
nae ear orcry day am-kever than your beet wadding 
dikenaie inthe ok comniey, Xe have geown got, and your 
en nk eee Wien ys Gross hs: tavay 
to grep down thegrhinadncrasia, iantmyl 

i anetghbg tio. Shehk.onk-bvlagiagl ask etendags "> 
the Levds pimarest bem syeur bowls of-whisey, end ary 
nnd, *Qieton, Doreen ro’ Beth fina talon @ dem. Gaue sie” dish 
katt poehady,\cmd. im. aphomemt tare go ane abl hell-snne 
ae Shia leeiene aa ohana temp af Ueie sou tryroee 
Witte they penteatod, caninnt kdhig an-ciunsd. ond mists 
featedom genes deal of tegiing: graltaad their .gommyien, 
aepoehy.ow that thaws ame 1G ok cade naar te sepwonl, 


oT2 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


Their “Trish had cot up so high that M’Elroy wrote me 
the following letter: 

“Dear Brotuer,—-Woe is me, for my mother brozht 
forth a man of strife. My hand is against every man, 
and every man’s hand is against me. Ihave pulled the 
bottom out of the hornet’s nest at L.’s meeting-house, and 
if you don't come and ecvoper it in no one knows where 
they will swarm to.” 

After all oar inerease this year, we returned but sixty- 
seven more than the preeeding year. This, however, was — 
to be accounted for by the numbers that were laid aside 
for breach of rules, and others who fell away under the 
influence of the mania that prevailed in regard to banks 
and speculations in real estate. The Church was, how- 
ever, in a healthy state, and prepared to take care of 
those who had been taken into her fold and placed under 
her wateh-care. To me it was a pleasant and profitable 
year, One of the young men who joined the Church be- 
came a traveling preacher. Two others were called, I 
have no doubt, te the same work. but they heeded it not; 
turned away and went back—became poor, dissipated, 
trifling men. 1. C. Hunter was faithful to his calling. He 
gave himself up wholly to the work of the ministry. In 
youthful zeal he preached the Gospel of Christ, and like a 
valiant soldier, he died with his harness on. Brother 
Hunter was one of the most honest, fearless, and inde- 
pendent men Lever knew. He was « sineere and untail- 
ing friend, prompt in the discharge of every duty, and 
rewly to fill any post assigned him by the Church. He 
was for many years presiding elder, and sustained that 
relation to the Church when attacked with his last sick- 
ness. In the town of Gallipolis, where he resided, he was 
cated to pass through the dark valley, but he was cabin, 
collected, and fearless. Trusting alone in the merits of 
vesus, he entered the valley and was lost to earth, but 


Gy. Te parolee, 
Siok ARE toe Tees “Ghd eae! Teemaeii PONTE AMS 
tiie saamete aleail haww sk the Parmesan! 

Mamie wiew aiaued wa this tireul. hare Gone staee 
Chet), titer some ark elered pitty the pst Moet aie 


4 


har dive fie apie nat (al, The Si ped y mM ithe bis yee wy 


ivMimimicraml the zal and consistence. bak, wicteridask 
ree eet fond wes poor hindorn ahaa, ail moa 
Ieee mites Ate ody ihe byte Kewelecy f 


oN 


MRO Sie oF titnwe wre-daemnelte abit hey Gh Tay 


eS Wie Wer wiewah ewer the tld. Ueew pedee Coe 

een et hay por the contig sd aonaetoay f 

Wihh Bid ayers, Whee wins, hertpirede, au teiapoa® fet, 
Me ne cmtreE a Swot pihrs Hae Uhrch megaiordl, 


Kd Coen) GUAM eta: wheat shine hawk goo 
ini! Det ermid tocmantion—rlorouadinyss esl ana 
mia tt de thie iiines—-the alimosh Gommered Spans 


Scat, Wheels prevainerd, sow, fo ‘tle it Rae ales 


sheaths | AN TREATY PALA Swan L to Daa meet, iy 
TS MeViOT RA EA ayes hae Rag ieadlw Avesint Qty ew cesa 
Ah She ake 4 iy creat Whepa awe ‘ ' 
nye Plan} ' usin, seve, of tie OPN fae 
HR iter A ' i PASI h Rute Maes on 
napa Alar ah ud Ducestt SH aie WR a re ta HET a 
| % VA ROE Seay efits) ROE he Wey, iT | by V 
Ww i AEE wie paca Leatth. Fe: aha x ream 
| ‘alors. Te rewentts.Aiminiogrs. “hak away Pets 


Rove he ae Aeesa Pay Rac ers tian wet 
Tens rene, et Tie atte ls dame Ay 
4 ui ’ ‘ el t ie are 
Pinetins) gineeine Hine? Wy TUG 
Sat AG ANS ' aa mee ae, saplewall » I Une tchtye I 
Howe Swe. Sh Sey Was cle wean eel 8 


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omy hs SS An 


OTs AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


were laid out at almost every cross road within a mile of 
each other, and en the tops of barren hills. It was no 
matter where they were located, plots were made, adver- 
tisements were stuck up, lots were sold, and magnificent 
squares left for publie buildings. After this rage sub- 
sided, it is not to be wondered at that society was left in a 
deplorable condition, Phe imaginary riches of the speeu- 
lator flew away like the morning cloud, and from a staie 
of high excitement the community relapsed into a state of 
stagnation, A perfeet paralysis seemed to have come 
upon every department of business, and all who had en- 
tered inte these speculations were entirely bankrupt. ized 
content and dissatisfaction prevailed every-where. 

About three weeks previous to the conference, | Setindis 
circuit to accompany Bishop M’Kendree and assist him 
with his pack-horse. On the pack-horse he carried the 
most of his movables, such as clothes, books, manuscripts, 
minutes of conferences, ete. It would look rather strane 
to see a Methodist bishop, in this country, now on lerse- 
back, thouvh I heard of one, the other day, on a mate in 
California. Our first stopping-place was Cat 
where the Bishop preached at twelve o'clock, Prom 
thence We traveled on to Zanesville the next day, and hela 
meeting again, Thus we continued on our course, piuss- 
ins through Somerset, Laneaster, Chilicothe, Hillsboro, 
Xenia, and Springfield, holding meetings at all the place. 
but Somerset. Here J lett the Bishop and rode on to Me- 
chaniesburg, where the brethren were holding a e¢anrp 
meeting—the first held in this seetion of country. This 
entire region was overrun with New Lights, and every 
thing that could be persuaded to eo under the water wis 
immersed. ‘This was all the rage, and the highest ambi- 
Vien of the preachers of that faih, was to get the people 
dipped. The nevelty ef a camp meeting ealled oun im _ 
mense multitudes, and among them the New Lig Is. 


BEY. CAGE B PITKLY. whE 
ate ele. now aay thimg: she hie pony le, expecially 

Y memeniars, hnow thee Wika the dacioy whe war deoud 
& toy are pet an athe, Phe wees tag 


| iggy cgpeihics eg Dana Ande sadly, 


CL these ware, fret, Choveh powrinipand, cad, soavadly, 


RRR, Rite geadioe sues cok weppaop, Giese Uis, tha! 


wy Uharekh whbent any gavrerkinent ar belt 


asec Wae Svan is: their grant oantzal dectime wes 
inatwarsioa, whisk included: mareereton, Tie pt vias 


minced Lace western np al Giher formact faath age 


a ae 
“Misa Acbary one b this vannp arteang ea Brinda, 


| io dadapang. with hin traveling compangat, the Bard. Wi, 


Booty “Be snener wae i haere that be had-ardend, than 
Rheie wae ik gaogral more bowerd tina. Al seamed 4e Tes 
apesoae tw toma bishop, amd dey pregoed sound. bia ie 
kewl iat Biras ditiewls to get Jims ines ths. preethate? 


teat. Slat bes twas hetased, the pase mewtsd amd tbe 


thier ap Resdisds. Hn peinwitd te wo, om ritawasine 


: hs reamngahe the people, “Fon, might a well hove on 


, 


im pour camp ne to have wel” dese te 

wees Bian, fo have them yéaing at him ig enol amcatroari 
GAL De. solleve him I ssqeawied chem “to sotire fromm the 
init, Gad the Pichop would preteb for chem, oaritpe: tho 
wet Gay, when they wl oodld hove an, appartmnity of aq 
: it Dearing hia. » Beecher oad, hie Gavsaling cope 
Dy Geaieitge’ tor yanlt. Iain tmleuda ak Tvbamn, 1 Got 


teas of the Bishop, mid onade Bien ne ocvefvriable: os 


iieentionwe Goold allem Cm Bebbeth abo Bishop 
‘piiabed) tad the rant conse. had an aggecimily of 


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the meeting I started, with the Bishop, for Sprinetield, 
where we arrived Tuesday afternoon. We stopped with 
a Methodist family. As we passed through the parlors 
we saw the dautehter and some other young ladies dressed 
very gayly. The daughter was playing on the piano, and 
as we moved through the room we doubtless clicited from 
those fashionable young ladies some remarks about the — 
rusticity of our appearance; and the wonder was doubt- 
Jess exeited, where on carth could these old country cody: 
ers have come from? The Bishop took his seat. and pres- 
ently in-eame the father and mother of the young lady. 
They spoke to the Bishop, and then followed the grand- 
father and vrandmother. When the old lady took the 
Bishop by the hand he held it, and looking her in the face, 
while the tear dropped from his eye, he said,  L was look- 
ing to sce if Teould trace in the lineaments of your face, 
the likeness of your sainted mother. She belonged to the 
first generation of Methodists. She lived a holy lite and 
died a most happy and triumphant death, You.’ said 
the Bishop, “and your husband belone to the second gens 
eration of Methodists. Your sen and his wite are the 
third, and that young virl, your cranddauchter, represents 
the fourth, She has learned to dress and play on the 
ylano, and is versed in all the arts of fashionable lite, and 
LT presume, at this rate of progress, the fi77/ generation of 
Methodists will be sent to dancing-school,” This was a 
solemn reproof, and it had a poewerfal effeet upon the 
grandparents. The first: Methodists were x peeuliar peo- 
ple in their personal appearance and manners, and could 
be distinguished fran the world at a single glance. Their 
self-denin} led them to the abandonment of afl the lusts of 
the flesh, They were simple-hearted, single-eved, hum- 
ble, and devoted followers of the Savior. They laved 
God devotedly and one another with pure hearts fervently; 
and though scotied at by the world, hated and persecuted: 


ear ye, 2 
om : 


LEH. PHRMA PORE. 7e 
thw HO, they mritmmeaweal gu strep peerclauen. cing wil rd rruens 
“Sots. 


a Di tvknmireia ei er eee 
ery and M Riedie wire boty peewemt, ‘The sarseu wus 
ae clwtuererlead by cecal harmeny dake tye poomibnns, 
Ts Sadist eareny dhoyes, ni the ateptrastoat ind whined whe Df 
Picante vere aipparmtownes, Ewes otut thowk 26 Ais eonop 
olin, Mi bowph Powell tar ny velbeagun, Besthor 
 Bewid Young was appoint presiding eidey af thy dis. 
litte; Fae ee thw Thad business riyutizimg this attention in 
Hark Tesiamseesi, L was draited to romke the rvs sina of 
ate, aad wey pleas wre sappliedt in my mbes: 
tone with enmee considerable -iteuhty I conceteind to 
monet the tree, vot wth great depmssion of anlod TD ont- 
tered ups the werk on the et bis of Nowenber, “SD was 
mpl ty qrlies wey Be ty, Gol ail the oaanesceg sot 


geome spluiearal power. T wrayed with asxnertnces toe 


Komi tated LR rhe power divi, 1G thee toailiedabe 
rthnmes aad extent af divime eve! Max sae soa) ever 
hale ir ite bitinioy coxa | AL Che that qentorly inating, 
varing tbe wlp sutamaion, the Spicls ave peared pubes 
18h citation, 

Beret aot wih tools Wiersn and Drvale, ot ose 
Biauiliy- dito thirtesath, sede fe champany wile tlie smamse 
ie Bokibory oad clogyad. qt inother Panich’s: whee 2 
apriesiey evenly im swndlingy vein patecpac. 

 enkap 18. E wede vkeough Elarsied to teodhar 4 
Towtdrn, ot Shamga “Phir wee « Insagset pond, nad I 
deo tue ameyied ool Sind ite intl Tf pasa Qf Sa 
hig $05 alitrowe, ind atid Chad, waniiy seria 

AP divans 5c, Toots Byewagn Mowd ike, on Prone’ 
qh, ts Geeval eum Bare hipwi ap et boedier Powis, 
Tiehty, in ds cmeaty, very ity Saere Rolng: bet Nhe 
ier toe or tone. Whis any F am moh oo temp oo 


218 AUTOBIOGRAPIIY or 


slept well and arose early to viler myself to Bod eens 
reserve, 

Thursday (Gt. Vode to brother satiate Shine 
of Freneh ereck, chree miles from Waterford. Here L was 
comforted and ivit a blessed hope of heaven, 

Feiduy (With, & rode through Waterford to R. K.’s— 
himseli and wile were formerly Methodists. I exhorted 
them to seek the Lord and set forward again to run the 
race set before them. I] prayed with them, and went on to 
Erie. ‘This town occupies a handsome site, and has good 
harbor for vessels. Here LT met with brother L. Lane, die 
preacher on this cireuit, and wied to preach, at skh a 
number of hardened sinners. 

Saturday Vth. Set forward for North-vast, wale stegipnd 
at brother Russel’s. This family loves the Lord. 

Sunday 19h. V tried to preach to a large conyrevation 
from Acts iii, 19. The Lord helped me, and we had a 
gracious season. I trust the fruits of this meeting will be 
seen in the gates of heaven, when all time has an end. 

Monday 20th, Rode through Canadewsy. vow Fredo- 
nia, to brother Baldwin's. In family prayer the Lord vis- 
ited us in merey, and our prospects of a beter world were 
vreatly increased. iy @, 

Tuesday Ast. Rode sixteen miles further down the 
Lake to brother Webb's. ‘This is a new country: every 
thing searee and dear, and hardly to be had at all-—eorn 
iwo dollars per bushel, wheat three dollars per bushel, 
four sixteen dollars per barrel, and pickled pork twenty- 
five cents per pound. These new settlers must learn vo 
live by faith, and many of them have, and are a people 
zealous of good works. Here, according to the best eal- 
culation, Fam abou two hundred and tifoy miles from — 
home, and yet here is the same throne of grace, the sum: 
eavior, and Christians of the seme spirit and sii asic 
ealling, 


REY: aang Ke. PINE. ae 
shop AGd. aie dase Vpanacteed. te sarap 


Se ee ee ee ee 
ede beter, ‘Tis evening vole tive miles 
soo on Sliver creek, where the Lord is gra 
ty reviving his werk, and many et thean mew settlers 
ve be er ee 1h hws been dhe observation 


du doedis of pelaag: Blank wie avs 
the yeeaghing of the Merpet i ail ectilemenss, 


( Red Vile roetnaay Fs sade reswwed amd 
My «emmantn wih Gol was sweets pe 
hey ore amt? ecepiaoael 


psx erage a aay 
a act: 2 hee bs: ditetsntoad tin naligions; estate 
Beam pet ralighen, and thee be heesiond, wattle bay am 


cco 


ae ee ie ee aud Gres: tok wigs 


Be ee 
Rather Balowin’y, and. hak @ good mahi bree « 

Mire Sith. Baga ie Ghatonges Tedhets anopy 
~ ily: tester, Loss, ‘ond titer Aynenligg. sreertl online 
tarongh 2 samp y cotatry, Bo atvod at a Biter Gaukly 
= ANS: oe para |. Gmitavines: 

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380 AUTORIOGRAPITY ov 


Saturday 26th, ‘Vhis day it began to rain, and looked 
as though a storm was on hand. I sought, before the 
Merey seat, tor a suitable preparation of heart for the du- 
ties which lay betore me, and i felt the Lord precious to 
my soul. At twelve o'clock I tried to preach from Matt. 
viii, 11, 12. and it was a very open time with me; the 
Lord helped me. There was a great move in the congre- 
gation: saints rejoiced, and sinners eried aloud for mercy. 
After preaching we held our quarterly meeting conter- 
ence. ‘There were two appeals, and we got them adjusted 
setalantorily, At five brother Smith preached, and IL ex- 
horted after him, and then we held a prayer meeting; and 
the shouts of new-born souls were heard before it closed. 

Sunday 26th. At nine o’clock our sacrament com- 
meneed, aud we had a good time. But Satan was en- 
raged at our love-feast: one of the old men’s sons, who 
was kept out, became enraged, and tried to break open 
the deor, and then went to a window and broke it, and 
hurt an old man much. God's judgments will overtake 
him before long. J was told he will curse his mother and 
father to their faces. Notwithstanding this interruption, 
the meeting was one of interest and power, At twelve 1 
commenced preaching trom the first Psalm, and the Ciree 
first verses L read for my text. During the time of my 
preaching, in which [ laid it down as heavy as 1 could on 
the sinner, some one ealled mea liar. Satan wos enraged 
tothe very highest plieh; his kingdom was shaking, and 
Ttele that God, and heaven, and angels, were with us, and 
on our side, and the devil's kingdom trembled. Such was 
the vonstaney of the rain, that few could leawe, and we 
had a house-full. All night was spent in exhortations, 
singing, and prayer. It was a night never to be for- 
wotten, yes 

Monday ith, 1 rode to North-east, and preached to 
a dull, hardened set of sinners, from Prov. xx, 4. 


~ 


ek ee ee 


Say, FAMES Ms PLeET. 28] 


iy beth. Rode to brother Bione"ss amd putarp te 
i) io-imerrow, Sister Stone is an old lady, amd a 
poe er ee ae 


Y 5 fad, ip her a mother, snd diag house a 
anny Tor yours after thie T yoade deer home 
5 When TL ownld real: it She snk fe “Sqube 
nis wie to spond the atiertocs, abd we hada 
ohio type. We mingled oar pesiver inguther, 
7 | tor live for God. amd. seriva for hanven, 
eo 2h, Leis day I font at pono wilh el, 
| athanes _Ad tive o'alndk Y tied @ peanch in the, poo- 
til. i, Thad see Wore sapakaned tesa thoir 
— io pray. May the work of lite prmehate 
iuivies, sw bring fovth iraiin. unin hiolhaeea, 


eth _ a Mago 6 he ngs td oma 
ns Rawast aire: Tivety atl boy ond te, ‘the Twnein, 


i a, Crsienna, where das next qunrincly mseting 
gH ROE REE 
Airiays, Dhak te terakes efeloak our) masting- som 
pak. A ted ig expomad Jobe si, £5, 22. Reothas 
ies. Bide snorted. Ip the quectenty soniieones on had 
; a @ped. Sao, aileving gash ouner ap. to feo sock good 
wort: Tn dims avexing beother Shocks pronched, amb 
 pioiliee Wastinke. axtioxind. TMs. mas @ time ad erp, 
jowe, Oe the Robbe I Gied te hobt Goth Gon: Alice 
ie Be 


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289 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | 


vi, 50. At the close, some feu, others shouted, and soma 
were in adage. At night the Lord's people were filled 
with his heavenly presenee in an astonishing manner: and 
while some were shouting and praising God in the house, 
others were in the yard viving vlory to God in the highest. 

Monday [Erode forty miles to brother Skene’s, and next 
day to brother J. Leach’s, and preached in eld Salem 
meeting-house; thence to Beaver-town, where we had 
a good quarterly meeting; thence home to Steubenville, 
where I found my family all well, and glad that heap Soe 
ice as presiding elder was at an end, 

In a short time I took my circuit, to my ereat comfort, 
At my own quarterly mecting we had a time of grace 
and merey. Our Smithfield class had grown so that there 
was no place to hold. us. T then resolved to try te put up 
amecting-house ; but ground must first he obtained, and 
T went to the proprietor and asked to buy a place suitable 
for a mecting-house. He then promised he would let me 
have a place suitable, and would select it by the time I 
returned. When 1 returned there was ne lot found. and 
he could not let-us have any. T then mute application to 
aman who made no pretensions to religion, and he told 
me | should have a lot; and he tock me to the Jot on 
which the Church was built, and gave it me for forty 
dollars, Lset te-work. and, searee as money was, in one 
round T eotleeted the amount and got the deed. Then 
the money must be raised to build. Five hundred dol- 
jars were necessary, ‘This time it was hard work. But it — 
mast be done: and to beysing we went. Those who could — 
not give money vave trade. I got from the sisters more 
than the half of it, in linens, yarn, thread, sueks, | 
ings, flax, and feathers, So I traded and persevered), (il, 
by the help of Ged, T made it up: and we got a lous, 
and dedieated if to the service of God. We had the 
following prexching-places; namely, Steubenville—here 


‘eo 


RU?. AMES RPTL ST. 264 
py wince Solute —Eiaio's gersting-hense, Bi 


Ee meu teenie Hiclgwont2 hematiog hime, eae 
 Paieatield, Beperall. secting-hewes, Binv?s, Tan's, 
Pomme, tad: another £ demer yecablont: 

< re hat ker inte Shoe: whee Wad Soteed Rha 


Fron kes sd ite we tnkored tp do by requiring a 
| Sei attention to clans, praguy macting, Pally, ood pei 
Wits gueyer, acd expenleliy dhe -laa? two. . We “admitted 
ot no eyptepton, Many ancase worn mwis shoot tomatty 
poneary Ret the rales puccileed it, anal the tera poryneed 
Wy ae ‘Shirintinnl ty roguined: i, “Geme wera Sores with 
tor © sonene's but if they repented. not Wey ane exedadiod 
fer meglent af diy. Ths jeadoe wert ail malrweted’ io 
Sate ower the observaued of the Selimath, and reper aay 
Shi shiek? desesrets the day by dGing oilingsy work, 
dinging, s@ling, of ranting about wher they oaght to-he 
De eae The Wacere gretiy geeraliy did their duty, 
- ga that thoes who werr not in eeavedt ooking abe Lert, 
_ Ns pines beteme too strict tor them, aud they neGredt; 
"iit, aomwtthetandini- all the diieulace we bed io smatend 
witha wens ebls to. pebars forty get inereese «We 
waged owe year’s labor with.» camp tapeting om Lost ews. 
‘Pele ar & sacoon of he gathering tagaiker of the parzle, 
aad Gy sive, many of them, in the eplein of dhe mart. 
9 cotuenéuged with slaging and.proyer meeting, whieh 
* caraminstond eimiont. day tac night, in seme pars of iao-en- 
all © Ghariptaent, A nt choad. ict many ware converted none 
ouside, thot one kuadcod: gine: te-thew snags (as 
ascetics, bet wer att petercod of the “Miueten, 
Borie. closet ay mesnd pers om this zirenth - 1 ope peel: 
nifeabad is the-people hotly te setoar et the Churcy. 
‘E-epiresd: to conemaes, ct Losteziile, im Keatocry, ie 
rompany wilh Bishop Miikedinis, 4t Ghillovs we doit 


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in With Bishop George, crossed the Ohio at Maysville, and 
at Paris we parted. Bishop M’Kendree went through 
Georgetown and Bishop George through Lexington, ta 
meet the Shelbyville camp meeting the Saturday and Sab- 
bath before conference. At this place was collected nearly 
one-half the conferenee. Such a erowd and so much 
feasting was going on that litle good was done. We 
retired in the afternoon to a farm-house, and staid all 
night. Next day we started for the seat of the confer- 
ence, Where we arrived. The session of the eonference 
was opened on the 3d of September, 1616. 

This closes my diary fur that Ume, and I give it to the 
reader Just as it was entered in my journal. 


BEY. AMS is TIS LE Ys or) 


a. 


CHAPTER AVI; 
onigh a. a ERS LEE HO STAB W TE. 
OL A hy toni all the Bishops werd’ present 
" WRendses, Roberts, and. Goorgy. Bishop Ashiry boa 
avid. Ris lnhbors, cad ‘follored his beloved Coke te 
hentin, ‘Tivond am ingervsting weesion to both granchnar 
emt, goons, One-day + wpeqengty seine i nie and m- 
foment we thet Bishop M'isuders wished i 28s me at 
‘bie wom. 1 went sotandngly, and when J nsrive te 
pees ola 4a ext you Jo ohatipe of the ORs dig 
"Selah Seid May eoutiig thimzh’ by wiaht mateo 
wv Taishi ex laotion ; and, hesties, I wis ‘eptimly ten 
i pega abies Wealt,”* anid he, 
| pet, samt go aad len. -Kow ere not ind youn & 
. ketae® Antordingly, when the appelscmeats’ were read 
. wns, we meee ates in dosmection with Ke Dhio Cinwigs 
Lae ensceringly deyacced, and groaned tinder Thi lends 
hats 2 vessivet, God being my balper. te eater the Fale 
gna Bethe bes T ovale sould weder Gee Sleommataatens. 
Me lewis eachowsed. aight Soh, axriding Sai tha 
af Qhptins, on the Obie Haver, to tha loka i Abe 
hanes of Khor, waleting She ate of Glin, all the 
» Mescere, oil wer-enn Pome ipetin, grom ths 
Sis ast Aegon, sod. wees: Baar: Tas, ox be 
ded  Bivrer antek.talew Trade, Om ne Held of 
faher were ie Gariliog arunaiaie atc inenberohip af 
tors thackeana ond’ fiir. My daet geand of qnerterle: 
| apendlage opemncennl: Capea: $NEe saat. S2Nb, wt Lente 
hatte, on ieosmeagnts apiaiite Tae at oes om Mader 


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YS5 AVTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


cirevgt atthe Falls of Bis Beaver, on the 26h and @7+h; 
Grand River and Mehoning, at Hartford, Western Re- 
serve, on November 2d and 3 ie cirenit, at Oil creek, 
on the Ale ghanyv-river, in western Pennsylvania, Novem- 
ber 9th and 10th; Chatauque cireult, at Broken Siraw, 
November 16¢h and 17th; Shenanyo cireuit, at Jackmin’s 
mectine-house, four miles below Pittsburg, November 
231 and 24th; Steubenville cireuit, at Long's meeting- 
house. November 30th and December fst: West Wheel- 
ing, December 7th and Sth, at Andrew Scott's, near 
Wheeling, ‘The most of these quarterly mectings were 
seasons of great interest, and attended with Divine mani- 
festations. Lt was customary, in consequence of the new- 
ness of the country and the sparseness of the population, 
to hold prayer meetings at different places, on Saturday 
nisht of the quarterly meeting, These meetings were 
attended with great good, and when they would all meet 
in love-feast in the morning, and speak of the blessings 
reecived at different places where the meetings were held, 
it would kindle the spirit of piety: and I have no doubt 
if this practice had been continued it would have resuited 
in-vastly more good to the Chureh than the preaching of 
Saturday night. A custom prevailed at these mectings 
which was strange tome. No one was called on to pray. 
The lender would say, © Tf any of vou feel like ishing wp 
the cross and delivering your mind, do se.” Sometimes 
three or four would commence at once. "This was 


eether upon the voluntary principle. The practice wat . 
earned into the publie meetings, and if any one male Or 


female felt inspired, no matter whe was preaching, they 
would rise and deliver their impressions. While 1 was 
preaching one Sebbath, at a quarterly meeting, a sister 
rose and commenced delivering her mind at the top of 
her voice, This sudden and unexpected outburst startled 
me, and Pid wot know what to make of it. I told her, 


we & 


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Rev. SkMRS Be. Mincwy. aes 


Sentawat; tn boleh wp; nnd i witer X wes dono my sermon,” 
b iiebed to exhort, he ahould hava che onpectaunicy, ‘ok 
- Withioaghh+ wie at 2 Gag fins quite enone, The took hey 
aay aliciaig were | wiet Deceuss f shappyd her, 
BGeat Dita T wes ot the interrapaed hy « feenade prophel. 
= | Betheagyet the: forties w WORE wie, md caatetry Yo thei 
* =a ood aver which should cheractecitc she worship 
_ PBad bd qeoted the language of Gi. Foal fs regard to 
- etlensa adden & the Ohupth; mad eaprosed & hope that 
| nee Wek Rete wy Tote tO speek on auch sc 
 wndiqee; Tht people had another! prestioe whish I pyestlf 
| Pielileedy nsagely, chat of ixeping open doors at lory-fagnis 
web diess-amectings.  I-touk strong ground ngwinet Ghis 
prneticny eed Sound that dméng the New Bugiend Meth- 
piste these wes touch opposition, at uiey desired to have 
~sit Shales anighincrs.: good ‘end. bed, ssjoy al the advan: 
with thet eslect meutings Tinhayed %: 
 pltompalos dexgecigeiety of suthi a! come. War were ie 
| Sueriebieund to gine that whisk was Rely to dows, on te cust 
> Snespaaets: belorg swine. 
Bettie Were aor the only diMaaliita we hed tc eon- 
| iad ai Je, elmoad ‘all ‘tba vores, Calvivicenn kad Ter 
emlian had tarssched thomeclrex. 4 Caletast wig 
ieter int stationed in-wimast etary town, und the Prechy- 
tasty, istiemgon” aes of greet thal -Metedteas cowl 
 -$Gtieely Hive. “Whar tow Moibolety there were, coull 
mee Ridge 5 ea Nore the, aooupalion im he Churek of 
rigs weed. and drawing water What! they sour, Tew 
et  dempined, Brebpinina diemier ooh wok sop to 2p 
inascygnltieny of tam ; but wikewr tha member taartnsed, and 
. ee tereoms Coagal” aggenie of thy’? sieetit wide? weil 
apihe tows, then the gantenm mn -bivcit wok! cail and 
 daugniens ieior the ““rligints tetmegt”’ "that sucmed t¢ be 
| thee for thes tiara, cong peal G2 the tench preston tibet 
se LOE EE at ie CG 
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88s AUTORIOGRAPHY OF — - 


and sugyvest the helding of a union meeting; and such a 
union! Save the mark! Presbyterian union, formed for 
the sole purpose of using the Methodists in advancing 
Preshytonanisn: I plainly told my brethren Thad noth- 
ing avainst the Presbyterians; [ loved them, but L loved 
Methodism more, aad. as we had a shop of our own, we 
would not work journey-work any longer, I exhorted 
them to hold their own prayer meetings and class meet- 
ings, and attend to their duty, and God would revive his 
work in his own way. En your union meetings,” said 
1, “you can not pray aloud; and if one of you should 
get happy, you must quench the Spirit; or if you take a 
Methodist shout, they will carry you out as a disturber 
of the peace; besides, you dare not even to say amen 
above a whisper.’ ‘ 

Vhis short, homely address, brought down many hitter 
things on my lead, and waked up a spirit of controversy. 
J carried the Confession of Faith with me, and whenever 
thy deetrine of the horrible deeree was denied, | would 
prodaee the old Saybrook platform in my congresations, 
and read for the satisfaction of the hearers, My course 
in this regard gave great offense, Some of my opponents 
seemed to affect: reat astonishment that L should have 
ibe etfrontery to expose the tenets of Calvin, Such eon- 
Cueto was insufferable: but Lo owas not Servetus, and so 
passed uuhurt amid the howlings of the enemy — This 
course soon waked up the popular mind, and inquiries «nd 
investigations were made, whieh resulted most favorably a 
ta the Methodist cause. | exhorted the preachers to seat 
ter the doctrinal traets: Wesley on Predestination, and 
Fletcher's Cheeks; and, in the mean time, many were 
awakened and converted, : 

The second round of quarterly meetings commenced in 
danucry, and closed oon the first and second of Maren, 
In this round Eo sutfered much with a eold, whieh PE lid 


RE. SANDS By Pies, 38 


avied fron mem to te chilling Bncte “al aha aA 
my einty lakoan. Chor-nasetmags were nll estsnded with tye 
3 _ ebteons and poyae atoBpd, ond the preachers worn all 
See qplett of moving, ks Sorh-cet we hal qmmsct 
aglow tesa, tots ataony wwintrond siamese. Pee Gace 
ea ams ee fect, Gap, cad cmiilnens et @ eg tices, 
Hog Gises tailitice Tor simighing, which wey im- 
7 Neat mauers aume 36 church, aid mehy teve 
emotion dt this plase Twisted She ayeta af tha Rev. 
pain Bera, ® netive ot: Preston. Conmesiiout, He 
aniersd tha teniteling eounsction in 1000, we the Mew Fark 
conieneran Ke laboved io the timayetd of tie Dork we 
| gtantcacseptaiiity and sesfdlnese tc the people, Mie 
ia foiling bie, wd thinking thet 4 abangs of-cliannts 
wick Raymore i, be sahed for. aad nbisiondl @ Gumeier te 
ome qumiuemen, ted. wer sppoiniod with. beotbior Dart 
Yee, >» Marictia <nouit, in 18S. Be poograced tn 
ne tyes ae har ae Needing, in Prangrivent, where 
fm apag Bdiagod, iow heaenting “disalilicr, tar dgelet From 
~> ees oho, wed arc eet: Bat lee wort wes dons, ond 
~ Me wish was te be dhe rest-of busein. Wy feslinge were 
Che pecalimets-coloeuy cnet, so I ston er Son} buns gates 
af Due. stemagar sciniser, ie 0 eftange leg, . Bia wale 
wm qéias salty woe far hin: the fieadship of all Tay 


doady snag te madd, 
ace : “Sion: Temata tice, teat he lors ita, 
aC ee Eons nesad, pie. int 35 guration,” 


api Beihibe trie fixe bs tad hte eyes score 
ead Hoe ateernygee wade, Mass wate, aaverinalere, the 
inods off fPoetiow. 
Tbe bet-roend: cf. qansterly mastags fer dhs peor wets 
rey ating, Wik, lew atypia. A tobrterif meet 
luge one bald 24 Loog’s, whisk thet welled thy grant-guer- 
tan meeting, nid is og cmmaamieend te thie doy...ap 
iuotiar, Joba P.. Ealer, tae pramant a this mawtag, Cy 
£8 


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Bau J ATPOBTOGRAPIEY ae 


the Sabbath he took for his text but one word, and thet 
word was Mercy. God was truly with us in merey. The 
Whole assembly was melted down under the eenial iniu- 
ences of the spirit of the text. It was my lot to follow, 
and P took for my text Fustiee, As T progressed, the con- 
Vieting power of God fell on the people, and before L was 
done more than twenty stowt-hearted sinners threw them- 
selves upon the altar, and cried for merey.  Anwong the 
number was a roush, stalwart old sea captain, It seemed 
as though ail the dark spirits of the deep had seized him, 
T never saw a men in se much distress and agony of mind 
inall my life before. The conflict, however, thouch ter- 
rible and awful, was not of long duration. In a short 
time merey vame and touched his heart. and opened his 
eves, and unloosed his tonzuc, and he spoke the language 
of heaven. Before the meting ended more gi ae: 
Were converted, 

Our quarterly camp meeting commenced at Oana 
or what is now ealled Fredonia, July 24, and leted four 
days.. Brothers James M’Mahon and Smich accompanied 
me to labor in word and doctrine. At this meetiog we 
expected from the wicked much opposition, as they eal- 
jected together a band the previous year, and virove the 
people mway. The brethren this year fenced in the - 
ground. with hemlock brush, leaving two gale-weya, ie 
of ingress and ogress, and the other leading to the apring. 
One of the rales for the government of the encampawent 
wag, tant of the sound of the trumpet, al tine o'viody ws, 


aight, all were to rélire to their tents, ead these who lad . 


no pluce  lodpe were required to leave the promad. “AE 
dark the rabble yathered, and one of their namber was 
designated as their sapiain by a pieve of white paper 
attached to hie hat, and a white club in his trend. © Ghe 
#oinpany made but tittle disturbance fill preaching wad 
ever Segiag “haf there were indications of hosiline on: 


RUY. SAMRE GS. Kaweey. Sr 


ie gor’, I olew the triumpei: and wptpunstod aut to eo te . 
cy a ae ee ee ee en eee 


wis septic ah ih us RAE a as a etn 

iend tie yam ope te Bie aif, “D-ondanet the aintiedie 

‘abe the captain + pettomer ¢ bet te aces be would 

titers thy Gre? qui that touched him... He dad 

| RDN Golan tee denlenetign HUT peloed bien end theest 

if ie the ground, and, dinavitiong bits, give hint ovey, 

“ihe thin erenaddy of thn’ odicer. Bie company, steing dhe’ 

he. of their anpinin, Sod in aesitory from the gromud. ty 

SK eomrtmation thet with the prisomer I learned whet: Me 

‘lmag ware, aed how sadly ke can ‘diseppoieted iw net 

iaiag-sitie tn! emery them ent. Be pleaded ‘eo. hard fur 

“Weng, sind prodtised eo fajihinlly perer to eagage in sith 

& ited werk agai, thet T let bint. go, We kept up 

Teeth al hight, hazing hey might netare; bei thas Did 

| veh’ dedeaas we.” Comme were im favor of an otinck > Dai 

| hide od ke compan reported Mint, Aa'l wee, 5 Kantockian, 

Teaayind 9 bony dick in my weistoss, and Ghat] wowld a 
eee tal sme 98 Rat. 

0 ine hor for preashing’ bed arrived, end, a2 there were 
FRINbes_ eooMA ie from vertpse quarters, Goat dhe rowdjes 
worn gathering, I preached on iby ‘eubjedt of civ mad 
niigines Wertz: OF dows thik Yoder we agank of ctr 

» Filigrion forolisithero, wud 4 dangres and epfisvings sadurdd 
Rerthim. in cromlog « winlery Seep te pleat she senducd 
vd = Tights on Use desert sett; aac: thual tivey sighs 

' * Lonve mrwtalaot wiksit feore they some 
ay Teesdoen, Co wert Gali 
tine. pledges shelt lives, thelr fortunes, ant heir dome. 
Cpequred % duve-owsm aay Wo wthga Mowed: the: Mood 
at the gateiot sires of 98 Srantat Uhat-dey, whe. wactd 

- pevtces ag in the ssereke cf cunt religions rights sad. pins 

eek, 1 Otten over. om oye, cal -defymd oe hoqciss 


292 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


rabble Just at that moment Jude Cushing, who was 
siting in the cougregation, rose, and addressing the au- 
dienee, said, +L Gave fought for this liberty, and I will 
mainiain ft with ray Ite; and I give due notice, as a serv- 
ant of my countcy, that T will enforce the laws of the 
state of New York to the utmost against any one who 
shall disturb this people in their worship.’ From this 
on, the meeting was the most orderly one Thad attended. 
_ The Sabbath morn broke upon the carth in sll its sacred 
estiliness. AM naure seemed to rest exlmly in the light 
und beauty of thet Sabbath morn, At an early hour the 
crumpet summoned us to the concert of prayer. Brother 
M’ Mahon commenced the imoming services, and preached 
st eight o'clock in demonstration of the Spirit and power. 
] followed at eleven o'clock, and brether Smith at five. 
At every coming together of the people the work of the 
Lord progressed with power, and daring the night, in the 
tents, many were born into the kingdom of God. This 
meeting exerted a good influence upon the whole sur- 
reunding country. So clear and powerful were the eon- 
versions, followed up, as they were, by consistent relig- 
ious lives, that thy mouths of gainsayers were stopped. 

A singular ease was brought before the quarterly Tueet= 
ing conference al Nelson, which L will relate, A: loeal 
preacher had been suspended on charges preferred against 
him by a Mr. M'Intosh. The purties having presented 
themselves, | cailed for the papers in the case. The ae- 
ecuser refused to hand them over, end contended that he 
liad the only right to read them. I told bis if he did not 
hand over the papers to the secretary of the conference I 
would dismiss the exse, After some consultation, he 
finally gave them. with much reluctance, to the secretary. 
‘The testimony cecmed quite voluminous, the papers sim 
hertng from one to twenty. On examining these papers P» 
ivuud that they were ob wriven with one hand, whieh 


Rev. BOMwe B. PIE BY. aes 


eat cng enpiels thet all. svew not sigh&  Soenlted! the 
lier if ‘he was prepared for iis tel. Ha yephed thar 
if li received wo notion of the tubing of the teclimeny 
‘enalnet ja those deponitionsy hod thet rag sob tehen 
ens ay the preaetion of ‘hiugel? br the preacher in 
mange My sespisions of 4 villainoda:etcinps ig rolo 
; poliny, ware coniimed by tie decelopmmen. Tso 
= es Bdeto ball wade innrts, Ising wnable ia 
|, “radia, tint T satled one of ther i “To thinMly. MTntoat- 
mang ? sar I taen at i al the witoaee endl eeiG, 
‘Foe pleass ta state wie goa know of this wiai- 
PP Why, sly, eal he, soedowhar parpeieed, 9%) 
tiew nothing about Kk.” T dhen’ proosedad to toad what 
ted Neen tiened by him a» Me dotioony, Me war still 
mites anyiieed, and posithecly denied: exer having quid 
os) Dhage, wed that whet wre thers writes was entinety 
itowary-ic whet Bir, Miiotneh to rend to Blic. As hie 
7 boasey cote ded the papers ca his propeyep, and-ni 
cham, bo began'to swear thet be womid hare’ them, 
i ced teratoma toone me. T told bivn his pagers were o 
 gitea wr feegery, and if he did cot Beep perfectly quiet, | 
| eee have hits proseouted for forgery. J kind the pepeve 
lhe Wik the coalexence papete. ‘The dugiaion co the dam. 
pattie waa yevereed in the esse of thy peraeonisd brother, 
Gabo Bis Wee’ a aon’ Chen ome of wm drendadl pi Thee 
‘waded thig-onse. It-was_a foul; davk: plot se rule, dhorep- 
‘windite of a-ministor; bes God overruled i, ‘ontl.the aviley 
wire Gremint to light. 
~ “" 16 stet quartesiy camp mocting wes hwid. 2} Grae! 
Yon, Ml Gopietace!’ the firsi. dap of dope hee 
aisetings were tended: wih great pond: for. vanteres 
gry Se said tow shout’ the geenriety of eamup acectiagy 
When chorckes sms soutien a apse Go smmmicy, fad 
\ shale sontarongss we Incleded im what wre thee welbeoest, 
bie seis, fh lo very aamtae dnl ey promed af coo 


204 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


tial serviee te the Church. Many were converted that 
otherwise would not have heard the Gospel; besides, 
backsliders were reclaimed, and believers were ia 
and builtup in Christian faith, 

An Buglish officer, who had heard of camp saeabdade 
but never saw one, came down from Erie to gratify his 
curiosity, THe kept» journal of all the meetings, noting 
down every thing in the order in which it oeeurred.  Be- 

fing disposed to allegorize, he compared the Chureh to an 
“army making an aitick on the ermy of the worll The 
army of the Church wis under the command of [mman- 
nel, and that of the world under Diabolus. Every meet- 
ing was regarded as an engagement with the enemy, and. 
the number of converts were reported as the loss in Dia- 
bolas’s army. Those who joined the Church were repre, 
sented as recruits, The vreat battle was fought on Sub- 
bath night. It was a close and hot engagement, lasting 
wil night. The army of Diabolus was attacked in frout, 
flank, and rear, and literally eur te pieces, so than, in mil- 
itary parlance, there was a total defeat, a perfhet pont of 
herse, foot, and dragoons. timmanuel’s troops kept the 
erent, witheut the loss of a single officer or private sul- 
dier, and triamphant vietory perched on the banner of the 
eros. The officer said he would carry the report whieh 
he feel written to England, and show his countrymen how 
Ainericans eondueted a holy war. 

Our next cecarspment was on Beaver elrenit, at Lavr's 
comp-yround, and commenced the eighth of Amgaay, Aa 
this meoting we expected to be interrupied by the rabble, 
ve vreat threats had been made by them in reference to 
the camp meeting. A young militia captain, however, 
in company with eleven youn men, came to our assist: 
aneé, and offered their services to herp ovder... As ein 
of them were professers of peligien, | fel: somewlist sus 
vieious of thean, awd though? it mioht perhaps be a mere 


REV. ese B. Steuey. ae 


© aie ape inte uerdig. ther 1 hah onoaied inte 
+ fhe eeaseter md stesling of a spomig tama, k tulle ae. 
| apiece. im foeiey pRepeeitions aii -hey did their duty 
mets Bbilothe, -sontag tev wets perfect order 4p: the 
tehole anesangeank 
dete wpaeting me ware aasiown’ Why Uanttouérinn, plone 
s puanvkes, Lape Bradesak Beatowk, whe bot the forcizes 
7 pastes Isbowed i ia the rinerat dakd.- Ga eutered the iewe- 
alias eaemetiom ty 1781. and trevehed eneneanivele the fel - 
Jatsing Granites Milford, Talbot, Bethel, Flanders, Situ. 
hatlincem,, Dombudee, Barntogn, tad Mew. Louies. 2s 
fem teal pe. presiding alder four wears og Pitndeld 
Hajek, Ta S805 ba wee seat co a nyisstonary to ithe 
Bhocwen Reserrs, andl formed. civesit. called Deorield. 
Teoxing hin. crsond. pour ow. thin’ sinoult, be tuertied and 
laseied. Bo studied. medigine, and efter he ad tasstored 
Ae Chinen antomed. apes the practise, - Daring At the 
tinge sctntioued hy quest, se -curensoniamens would ad- 
fit ie nko winch smmiable want, aad had 6 ievely Ines: 
Bp. bulorod amd. weaprcted by all. Smolt tree his piety. 
tod -ifore sonniniency of chavecter, thet be. woa ‘the 
ndiectian god eatecss cf oll, Hig Kihere beeetie da, antent 
pied of pint.  Chertecrerd, which [shell korp-es pres 
dene inomentnes of afcction. Aa Daehl add Jogethan, we 
Yeers. cee im Gly endl trast ie teas we obi) nthe 
The young sen hn zolwiineved thelr serciage gw pra 
tootne trom the cabbie, ware, ateriy all usar he fire 
the tatsting Agaed., 
Aho wep aes aagy for Broulrarilio. girenis lian 
on the twentieth «i Aaigngt Tine eras Une largest cam 
nontiug we bied his Peas. Om Balint there was tuow) 
am imnmanos qos of pawtlo, thet lithe could be dome, om 


eepeprengi, tr, Deuleldgs,.me Kylacqpel ‘prancher, tat 
whe had owes bead a Sivlalioniravaiing prsncher, samy * 


206 . SETOBIOGKACHY OF 


the meeting, and preached on Sabbath. His speceh be- 
traved him, for it was very evident to any practiced ob- 
server that he had been in) Methodist harness. — He 
preached with life and power, and he evidently felt quite 
at home. It is somewhat remarkable that many of our 
preachers have entered the Protestint Episeopal Chureh, 
To have known quite a number take the frock and bands. 
Some who were neither very learned or eloquent, mor peur 
ticularly pious, have entered the **suecession,”” and bet> 
tered their condition vasily, so far as mere temporalities 
are eoneerned : and, instead of traveling cireuits, or filling 
some of the more humble stations inthe Methodist Chureh, 
have mounted at once to the zenith, and fill the pulpits of 
metropolitan churches. Verily, this is an age of progress, 
T hoew an English local preacher, a wateh-maker, who, 
after failing to wet into the Ohio conference, joined ‘the 
Chureh. and at once went up to the highest pulpit in our 
land. Their popularity in the Episeopal Chureh, howe 
ever, is readily accounted for. The fervor and freshness 
of the Methodist element will attraet attention, and win 
admiration, though baried in the folds of the wown, or 
the forms of the Church. 

Great allowanees are to be made in behalf a ileal 
cor brethren, before whom loom up drearily in the dis- 
tonee want and poverty: ‘for? as Gen. Harrison said, 
ii deseribing a traveling preacher, “their coneition is just 
He same as though they had taken the vow of poverty.” 
‘Toere are a few execptions, however, to this rule. Some 
Methodist preachers 1 lave known, who, notwithstanding 
thelr seanty allowanre, have managed, maneuvered, and 
cpeculated with such adintrable, productive skill as to 
amass property. Gatd hesitate not to say, that dhe grat 
taass of them live poor, die poor, and leave their families 
io the charities of the Charch. Some [ know whe have 
spent a fortune for the privilege of traveling cireuits, ata 


a ama of pean’ sie The goxadhovs 


 aetemad on here tone remimasiononit to petaeh thus tense), 


Ras eas cana mening wes at Weet Wheeling.  Dhis 


the romng, wad isiched: tus tghore od the 


lip —oeg mearETE tha presumes, of the einer 


rs 


Y 


ee 


ee Ridew MRendees. whe prascbed with ars power 
~ tite T hert-ever! howd: him poreach belteo. ‘Tire works of 
tha Zaed seer wondsrially revved, aad mocdiups vere 
Rais, mp might and dey, critwecing wil the asaroizes of 
Singing, wehortation, and. preg. < Vik Rorabers sare 
pwaleted, eth conxeriod. All wire at work, Mew, wo 

oo thikirs apoka with new toagues oid mung 


Teh aeasedeheess hod in Famesalta, Aayiom'ier: 
MARE war reagyntnted ny es Chie distin, wwith the 
Prete’ henthowst, Pasver -civentt, Jesu. Boeper and 

Samoel. Raber; Esta eireait, Ire Eddy; Greniivier and 
Mien, B. BD. Devidsem und Bere Weoth ; Chetaugne, 
‘Gurile Bodderd: Gronbeariile, Serena. Yamnitian, Well som 
— Rhow, snd Dalein Reser : Taccurawns,, Semen Hi’ Maken; 
Bina. dobn 2. Brooke, 

Far he tinea, sisi of Oeepel, siinigienn thoaw Iyathows 
watite:te tieeir weopastive divlds ef lobo. Geemiwers the 
Sec hardshige they ware eqlied te adda, Tue 

Tee eEiuiCly sewers, Vee cold Diem mimes Bo. 
ice alpen vot the Juv? oreuned the lveom wat 
soiteriage a Ic minictero with cases. Bes sonney 
wee bus apnsmniy estiled ; ive ried trexd! lame ind rods 
revggia ; Une fare- hard tne, prowstions Serre; bet lo dae. 
midiag-of Al) Goel wea are Hoes.» Ras. Eigees. ciromt was 
the newer, antl, oonepqeieniie, jie mack dtaeult- Feld, 
WheseSy. Beooke weet, om fo abe. aitemis Share more 


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twenty-live preaehine-plices: but he was enabled to in- 
crease the number, so that it was necessary to divide tive 
ecireuit; amd T sent the Rev. Alfred Brumsen. then a loeal 
preacher, to the fire-lands, or Huron port, for the purpose 
ef forming a new cireuk. The labors of a cireuit 
preacher then bore but litte resemblance to the labors 
of the cirenit preacher now, To presch once every dav, 
and Jead class after having traveled from ten to thirty 
miles, and two er three times on Sabbath, and leading 
elass, with the privilege of being home three dus ent ef 
thirty, was somewhat different from having no week-day 
appointments, amd being able to reach them from om 
every Sabbath morning, and return again at night @ geod 
part of the time, And we rejoiee that the labors have 
decreased, and our churches have inereased with such 
rapidity as to require such a division of labor. Ministers 
now have more time for study and pastoral work, and a 
man who, in view of all these facilities, proves himself a 
drone, had better leave the work of the Lord to more 
tauithtul hands. 

On the land of Dr. Clark, near the sili, was held, 
this year, the first camp meeting that was ever kwown in 
this part of the country. There was quite a large caller. 
tion of people. The brethren in attendance were M’Ms- 
hon, Davidson, Booth. and Brooke. ‘The word preached’ 
was attended with power to the hearts ef the heavers 
There were many places on this frontier cirenit whe 
neroons lived whe had never heard a sermon, and, 
city, but for the comp meeting, never wonld have ee a 
one, but would heave lived and died as destitute as the 
heathen of interior Afriea, Mr. Howe, iu bis Histary of 
Ohio, says, © The first sermon preached in Medina tawn- 
shop was by en Episcopal clereyman:? bat it was a thet 
that Mr. Brooke had preiched there the year before. and 
hada regubur preaching place, ‘This account reminds me 


* 7 P 
BBY. ARMED. Pinkas. _ see 
oo ower ley -epedinant ig tezimery tous 
iesetue, cc Tels, som pees aeiaerho, in tevivibiag 
| nmi desolation. tat veigued Gethe “Gar weet”’— 
- DBiber-and Radinne+-wated tber them wa, ip. 2 wert 


; een ee ce Gtapel ix w 
toe thotcoam > thet ie, there Gage iwe Pes 


rae Maris pa 
oo 


ane aud thes were ths onipqmce thet de- 
: ceanenen while thens. waren helf denen Wathediss 
; Renton sad severe) of other denominations, Some dy- 
‘aoivlinotions we wot of wWonld cles wrery Hing, It, Kes 
. heamwaseuted- that the Sebdseih sobcols organised in Ove 
 epanirg were hy Preebyseriens nid Briscopaliang, whea 
_ Beis aw Mintreivel fees thas, yooze helorn vseit own data, 
Rieep Agiery tad hie vondjuore bad -estaliched them, 
Bo iin, wegen ‘to tumprruneces. O84 De. Beochen, «ths 
| greet waste -miecionary, ge ho ie -nolied-“ip the: ened, 
; rometraiad tac: srildonates oa vax. ea Eqeiumotl, bt 
papier cepontie 06 tempornns, han ie 4 predohe 
. eri teit photigged whole cougrrgetions ta total sbetinancs 
Aiphone fee Tooth wow bewadth: of too dene, Brat 
+ eiiened,” “aad: we wilt parse vara, nowminnatan ding, fo 
—pylag do‘ guod, Whether in menswe or tlnay, it ante 
“wre teks; go the werk is dene, snd-our “efleinicy™ will 
he toast fedged bp. posterity. 
fas instdions motu’. ilineertvs of-n vertain shia of 
nat “thet dey, ~ &t-a overeriy meleg held im 
Br Gnghard's are + sbarp-fextured mam cams, or Bn. 
and took hig eet, Dostas advised thot be oa am 
potihdie.eleteigenelae i tied to prego a free, etn woe 
impe, onn eatrehadiont aril 29. Aieet t liad fiuidined ‘tho die- 
eons fT invhed! hum te come feward. and soaelids whe 
mheating.  léstend) of doing so, be eves up fo bie place 
aud ovk!, * Lat ws prey.” “aAGer aang hatulasing the Lord 
eis greatwess tad dike potst a i sigltsens deatece, 
SOich' asgar cowl he olteoeds Mit egan.’ in ales plantas 


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of his benevele nes to pray for the poor, ignorant, nisted 
people and their instructors, informing the Lord that they 
were deing more harm than infidelity itself and hinderiy 
the progress of the pare Gospel. When he was done, - 
asked him, in the presence of all the people, who these 
nenorent, deluded people and their instructors were to 
whem he alluded in his prayer. He hesitated, Did 
vou, sald TI, mean the Methodists, and their doetrines 2” 
To all this he answered nothing. ‘Then,’ said 1, “eome 
owt tommorrow, and Powill shaw up the eross and irrecon- 
cilable ineonsistences umd absurdities of uneouditional 
election and reprobation.”’ When the time arrived, there 
was a great crowd. [ took the Saybrook platform, and 
read the creed, and browzht it to the test of the Bible. 
The whole audience was greatly excited, amd when -[ 
closed. the people gathered in eroups every-where and en- 
tered into controversy, which continued dll the next meet- 
ine hour arrived. I then preached the trae doctrine that 
desus, by the’ grace of Gol, had tasted death for every 
man, and that all might be saved. ‘This was the hegin- 
ning of a glorious revival; seventy-five professed to find 
peace in believing, and the joys of religion. Tn these days 
the Cuivinists believed that they were doing Gud service 
in attacking Methodist preachers, and they wouhl have 
driven them from the country, if they could have done it, 
Frequently [ have heeu attacked by twa or three at a 
time. I could invariably silence then by asking ater 
quesitons. 

The Lord was pleased to give great smeness to sat 
Ishors of the preachers on the Ohio district, this year, by 
the awakening and conversion of many precioaé sons. 
On Mahoving circuit two hundred were added to thm 
Churen, The work commenced at a camp meating, held 
m Deerfield in Duly, i618, Daring the meeting there 
were no perceptible evidences of revival, though ail the 


aa % 
RAY. DauRE B Feet ae. _ set 

7 ener ang Ling Wegyal yaa presched Le dwn 
 uetsaiins of Yea Bpint snd powede ky shartly altor the 
Seating alosad, cho breed ohio, had iggan veab pon abe 

“meats aga. to ahow.itealf{ a2, dy, cther wenks, the ond 
ghieh ges nove, epeeay ay ood pudneed a cpesdy amd 

iahuapdiacad rrarreet. Ta the sousge of tires gepibs the sw 

team. sixtenn. to apaied at ose hideed. 
cmap the exmearted way. some of the peisedpal mw of 

«ke door: J. Manery, who became & antlers mine 
ioe af the Boopel. dudye Duy, and many others, ther J 
might weration. 

der tae eqesion of coaiatense in Bim honrille, f yaized 

_ Rie pert ef Ge sinck,.and was tsionttied io Sad whos 
Mad had nepaght ia Deerheld mad tea eonghbaring townr. 
Rino woes wprand Uke five be s prnizie, auc. ma akary spose 
ing vintoee wines? on Laegal's side. Theld b twa dage 
pe, Danae Motery's harm, and she work wes yaw 

mat ener teh. Ad copredicion fae heen 
econ eias isi by the Gea ot wiligicons infer 
ene “The following Mag '] attended quarterly mesting 

im Une -viviad plas, and “home wort sx lenel Bee hundred 
gaseous in, the bem of lnve-fengi.- La hie mavtlag tho 
Delate liked ap their rviess la praise to Got, and the sighs 
of ponttance, ntingled with the songs of jay, wuts gresshal 
tounngalis’ care Old, Dr: Rostock, af whom 1- hese 
alimeiy aunde- siieojon, ont preuead gs te mening, aad 
opened te Rivces on the sgmanit of Plog. Mo ana by 
igttiy-the nnd ear off, and: with shoutings aealvaned, a 
inn Rangmage of tha pect, 

oo) SHORES gine thet capper qleey. ere coadh ti? 
 hewen eapproed distat lenel Oy cout vers lisepily oon- 
vertu: t-Got during this msesing, 

Omi the foorth.of dune 2 temp teueling -soetmenent 2} 
. heimgies, on Bria teestt. All -onme gether’ m is 

Spitity wad: tht. Wark comantomit a. the’ iret copikaney 


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The Divine influcnee kindled and spread in every heart 
On Sabbath many were awakened to a sense of their lost 
condiiog, and were prompicd to ery for merey. The even 
iny was set apart for a prayer meeting, and many came 
forward to the mourner’s bench, and were converted te 
God by scores. Among the number was a native of 
Branee. This poor old soldier of Napoleon Bonaparte 
had wandered out into the western wilderness, houscless 
and homeless, without a knowledge of God. He had 
stood im the thiekest of the battle, breasted the hottest 
fire, and heard the deafening roar of the artillery without 
trembling; but when he eame to hear the thenaders of Si- 
nai, his lip quivered, lis knees trembled, and be fell in the 
battle of the Lord, After sueing for merey, and erying 
for quarters all night, it pleased God, at the risimg of the 
sun, to powr upen him pardoning merey. No sooner had 
heaven ecome down into the heart of the old, worn, and 
weary veteran, than he arose, and his whole fice beamed 
with joy, Ii. shouts of praise, ascribing gery io King 
Jesus, were truly remarkabic. In broken Enagiish be tried 
to tell the bystanders what God had done for his soul. 
He told them be had caten bread in three kingdoms, and 
that morning he was cating bread in the fourth, even the 
bread which comes down irom heaven. +L fight,” said 
he, “under de Emperor Napoleon, but now me fight un- 
der de Etaperor Jesus. Vive le Emperor Jesus’? The 
eouversion of this Prenehmman was so clear and powerful, 
that infidelity itself was abashed and coafownded. Great 
good was aeeomplished at this meeting. OES 

On the tenth of Jane our camp meeting for Lake eir- 
cuit, fourtern miles below Erie, commenred, A camp 
meeing had never been held in these parts betore, and 
many were induced. out of mere curiosity, to attend the 
weeting. The reowting commenced under faverab.e aus- 
pices, and many were awakened and converted. Sabbah, 


» * : 
aey, JMU Wo WORLEY. Ey 


me, Ares tha gueee. dag of al hooust. ~ Vi tym: ‘Ue 
1 fginneetng ataicoshed. thay 95% jom, ibem Ber om, 
WR Ror the. Benek, small ai posal, ohne stud before 
= | ahs vain tee trace cls be cipenad ; ane) nade Tusk, 
_ eked fai hac 9h Bh and she, deed shell be jndeed 

as , ‘on tote warks” thers wae wnt ome inaliennre 


- o. amd dash wocead, had oxtas Gor merey were 
i fortis Goan heave comvinesd of vic and 
ri. Coteonaliy sitieta at yiiiory sed iiempe 
oak Bed treaties proud, who, waited Oe appz change, 
Uhe-ovening wae. devoted to praying and: laboring with 
_ , anciatcnems:: A Rex Coe ring was fora, aint #2 Gomrsaenens 
. qmgradiiness t@ the throws of grneo, the Roly Bairietuton 
» Cand osulaiiaries wichic: ead without Uno sing: Tall “tun 
hee Moo shoske of Divine power, Bikar merivers Some 
om! ab Brie were ther, and some of them hase’ 
Sy Ceiesie oo awakesing grate: 1 besrdpene any Ge tke 
eh Me Be dows, eying tbe iautey* Se wns be 
De \ #PP the Methodist sem uaahe bite «-batler onan, 
e ‘mere thin che sccmon wealth of Foanerizania com 
» ‘He, he ha: hen bows in aeazly all the praane of dite otnge.t? 
i onllied: ang acento ton B., whom T found in grant 
disiee,-cammecily sockiap the salvation -of sas eget. © 
perre bles al uve inotrootion k-conld, nad epon the Ayiet of 
Rectal broke on bin, cmd ths Sue of sighteouseces ame 
henling im its beams, fly ate soundly epdvarist, 
whee fas ood imprisonansntia could mot doom plsths, 
chy grat: of od sungiz-detaned, Ba tired ond dint 2 
aad 
OE Soe -cpuliioadee otal om Vent averting, amy ‘wow 
wate alive by the power af od: 
+ Troon shid-cam? mousing J prteed tthe Chatauqas wic- 
firit.ctd communesd ® cup oeRting on Rrekem Berio, 
biemel of the Alleghany, dans the TS). Ac dhe em 


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mencement of this mecliuy [was much discouraged, but 
the Lord was greater io me than all iny fears; and never 
did Phave a more clear and satisfactory demonsiration ot 
the fet that man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.  Sab- 
bath moruing arrived, and as the sun was gilding the cust 
erm sky. ibe trampet cailed us to the concert of prayer. 
White we were Jooking up to heaven for a blessing, God 
graciousiy poured out his Spirit, and we realized the open- 
ing of the yates of life. D'reparatery to preaching, I 
walked out into the wilderness, or, rather, desert, fer the 
eround was covered with rocks, tor the purpose ot medi- 
tadeon, While rcelining amon the rocks and fern, which 
grew in great abundance, I] heard a sowid which, to the 
practiced ear, carries more terror perhaps tian any other, 
lewis the rattle of death. The weather being execedingly 
warm, 1 had taken oif my shoes and stockings, and my 
tect being somewhat elevated, exposed my legs. Looking 
in the diresGion of the alarm, [saw the glaring eyes and 
forked tongue of the Americana borribcis, widlin a toot or 
twoot me. Lt was coiled, and ready tor a strike. The 
vreat Creator has so formed this dreadiul erealure that it 
ean not strike without warning, and this doubUess saved 
miy iiie, as it has the life of thousands. Seemg my dan- 
act. Linstantly sprang, and, with one bound, was far be- 
yond the reach of its dead.y fangs. After dispatching the 
rattlesnake, L returned to the camp, thaakfal to God for 
deliverance, 

Daring the day the work of the Lord went on with 
power, and many were saved by the regecerating grace 
of God. Monday morung we held a solemn communion, 
and I think it was the most glorious season | ever bebwid, 
The most hardened sinners trembied and wept, sad iooked 
on while the followers of Him who, in Gethsemane and on 
Calvary, drank the bitier coup, were commemorating oid 
dying love, 


Aectians asl! datis 2 


pug ete a toe ako a aac ko 
" ne i Ine HakSy Nene roqentemmmded ee a onina- 


ci naranee MOE oaauered at this eatep anewt- 


2 peg, eae Koei velba, 


. oo i all ee eee ee 
‘ee 1 ae 


e Goce mom frown afaves: parts of the womntry, widly sais 
Amyene, cone in tee teeelng with tpt avewed-paygesd 
* eicleemtbinge @e.geepte of God ty thule warship. One. a 
. Ress maps twan frets the seoath of tho Cheinng un Lave, nod 
-  Riverdlnee® aover the Allegheny virer. Mae torete, Linge, 
pssociet, tavotewtns with ban. a gopphy at wittelng.« “eth 
Seamer inte the wmgrowniios. sont took tigir santa, 
y the miatater tae poaching, the Melly Sper’ atonal 

a tn, cd Cag. Wares mitten, lie Riysees, tee eoc- 
grein idence. dm awh Sealing wnter omar Tien 
pi dee Raniog of iissieees suracwided: hin. Ba di tox! 
: aieedes to Sail bien in fudrwient; aid olatemigh be 
ede neem ay Vedwarinlias, amd had tried. to belinre ned tones 
coffees “Nites dvimaivw docuioes, yet. he 200 Rit -bimmest 
eae prow che Seuntad pus, ned opting gt Ais*s Borkeahs 
thassetyht yee thine dro deegprpiage tate pemdition. Bia ature 


sega meanecti the: ie dheltipe wate aviel Sexeed de- 


i Ofer tome tase bin sigits yemomed: batt too 
‘eteom OW: lot the cougragnten. . Metaishetasuiag ihe 
emir imtivor, Yn cgubhor heart wae weniting bo yiid, eet 
cestintialy peesketing in tho-tefeatin a ani. tee nannies 
00 cast ab irton He again 

ites tiv cnet posunaiel deongine of dae oebddenang pot 
ceermanit inet ob iiamiy The inte ti doe. Gpiric's anger 
iy teede, nie aes Bein, Sy well abled Senos, Tio 


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206 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


soul. Unable to bear the deep and utter 
which drank up his spirits, he resolved, if God did not 
kill him, ta return home. While on his way home the 
constraining Spirit of God operated so powerfully, that he 
was foreed to ery out in the bitterness of his soul for 
mercy. He did not reach home till some time in the night; 
and when he did arrive, his family were much alarmed. 
No sooner did he enter the house than he tell upon his 
knees, and continued his eries for merey. The alarm was 
so great that the whole neighborhood was soon collected 
together. All night that man cried to God, and just ay 
the gray streaks of morning were breaking out from the 
chambers of the east, the Lord in mercy spoke peace to 
his soul. His family, and many of the neighbors, were 
convicted, and the result was, the conversion of thirty in 
that neighborhood, whom [ subsequently organized into a 
class, and made the Captain's house a preaching-place. 
The other, W.N., was powerfully awakened on Sub- 
bath. and being unable to withstand the powerful influence, 
he fed for his home. Just before reaching the door of 
his habitation, he was struck down by the power of God, 
and was carried into the house by some of the family. 
Soon the alarm spread, the neighbors were collected, and a 
messenger was dispatehed to the camp ground, a distance 
of nine miles. Two or three brethren went to the house, 
and found him inv eonvalsed and speechless state. Soon 
after their arrival, he seemed to awake to consciousness, 
and exelaimed with a loud voiee, *O. hell! hell! hell!’ 
He then fell away inte the same unecenscious state. His 
countenaner bore all the deep-marked traces of despair. 
The brethren sang ant prayed alternately, and those who 
watehed his tecures could diseover the deep emotions of 
his soul At times a faint ray of light would kindle on 
his cheek, but soon it was gone, and like the lightning 
from a stormy cloud, which shocks the soul and disappeurs 


we 


4 
3 


REV. SHMTS We PIG. way 


hace, andy rantberod: lke, teturce mon alnomy 
sind ae despnle wow setts, down saldenly apam 
ity: Attar hears. of ratlotows axcecion, wack, as ringing 
ele deo, acaulaing prager $0 Ged in Woliwlf of 
eatin Seal, Shak amen the daa shone paseed 
aways Pokinbesite wee Lighted app with aa unearthly 
\ eeleies, end epating his ures by amstainiad, *O, hegre | 
: eeoven, Teewtreacl Phen <pringing tx his feet he shented, 
| eRieate glore Dg Mawy wume awalesed amd enn 
ails as ks Tae Be rolatul the oxetcien of bis 
oe into Dic arnepeciows cielo, afurmend. He sald 
Me adiaiwne a5 Peight and clan ap aver ik woes thadde 
Betrae wipiiaine tt ai’ i -iwieorles, Be tek be was 
‘Pitmmok: tak jack an beg owes, lenting dim. be ay She. 
Rastwe gheotions thw bis. Dorlog thie plag bovesd hia 
Rpts whe-cwinl henarh mepeesion: ket_hen ities 
ale, tee amesrege chain, he any beens, amid: oteage gum 


o AR gi dru bretheon wom aireieed intw the ywaling 
mais ones, Zamvegsl Achone, Baseue! Emakoewsr, 
 Risieed Paglon, Jomen Swith, 24 Detnie Roddget » Cpe 


 feemmes was beld ot Gooubsn ville, anc, Raine the prueding 


miiery 12 betarcs eng doy, whth the preethsre of tbs alps 
Pink, Ba Ret plager for the ueeaghers during the soonien; 
- Sempeost tres handed torme by one of des stewards, Spee 
oemtkanve of neath, thet 1 weeks sand him ape of oar 
are at Mninionesy, ed lee would aheertilig tea ini, 

toomfecenm. - Toa, gextiousm to a aengher ef che 
F Thane, cad bend « wervee ennily, mntlerr woo, 
Ce onas dead. ake ae 
) te ae sept eilege ae efissd,. Wishing 
get bun, Ecard Reset Bpsiiow f-ing hie ganesh. dang 
Vertes! win: diacoed of lea, oeadowe eppere!, ont cont 
eaten a oa here el fiervdei, fares 
amb ernetly shank 2 te. ongvlet whieh sette Geolbiarahits Sen, 


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308 AUTORIOGRAPTAY oF ' 


Phe young miss in the parlor east many side-tong ehinees 
atthe young preacher, who diflidently sat composing his 
features, and wzing upon the various objeets around liu. 
Meeting the steward, Mr, —— said, “I do not think you 
have treated me yicht in sending me such a conimen, 
homespun-iwoking man.” At this the steward eame te 
me in yrent haste, saving Mr, —— was displeased. 
“Well,” said 1, his request has been complied with: he 
asked fora talented man, and [ sent him the most talented, 
man we have. Go and tell him that 1 wish him and his 
family to vo out to the Presbyterian ehurch to-morrow 
and hear him — and thea it they are cigars 
will remove him.’ 

Sabbath came, The minister in en ome 
the desk: all eyes were upon him. ‘How tinely he 
reads!” says “What distinet articulation !? said 
Mr. to his Indy, as they sat in the pew. “Dear 
ne, said the daughter, how beawifully our country 
preacher reads poetry {° Then tellowed lis prewers and 
when, with warm heart, he prayed for the families who 
had with generous hospitality thrown open their houses 
for the entertainment of God's servants, the silent tear 
and half-suppressed ae? told of his power over _ 
heart, 

He preached, and ir was only as Russel Bigelow, at 
sainted memory, could preach. Indeed, it ts stark he ex- 
ceeded himself on that occasion, The efleet upon the 
hearers was pewerfal, and upon none mere se than his: 
worthy hoo and family, whe took him home, and sent fer 
nee te ask ony parden, remarking that le had never heard 


such a eerinon im al) bia life. He said to the steward ai 


Monday, “ Wiy do you not keep your ministers letter 
clothed? You ought net to have a man of such talents 
es Mr. Bigelow.’ ‘That day ke ordered ter him a fine 


stct of clothes. 


‘ow 


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oe +e” ie 
as, as 


v. SARPTRR Rs oe 
j apaoanagos TAB SOR BBP 


ie guint ; deceriptinn Of daskwtods pronsk- 
‘flurmioinag ake tog te BES, wepves not only to: tinsttnte 
Wie PhICL many preactere were imanufactaret 
‘ ase type paid eeuvey dome ides of tacit ebntacter 


: 
Presbytery “at the Oumteriaud Vhsred tad gas” 
ied ome af the vallepanf the Cambedend zenge, tt 
Wid Senden of aptvitea! deonchi, zed the Timiched’ kad 
; 9 RR a foaine, The mrembort of the ooclestenting 


ted iy they com-aovwnl canvnontion were 
ey’ recDiae teates veterme——men “whe Rel braved 
“i ieeier cilenkties of the denonieation to which’ dheg 
‘ty: aédohed; when, client tren ty panic iy heal 
Soouted thom Gre péreat vieck; Mw srect w bans ta Gor 
van ie tee Govice. . They vere in all about swear pe, 
some, dt whom.« Walle more thu) Galt’ were parnchéns, fos 
“hast teling” aldees of‘ congreentiyan, whe ‘sts Where 4 
atin? Che los! tatersets of the Cinch sebalote. 
Se eating was 0 wletaw artein;. for the Cberdt 
sit wate, sad the any telors ther wid ohosdied Jn 
Wie: lowe of many ad wand con,  TMefee- 
‘lied tata Bose. whe were Sxeg master fe 


Tiron Wed wichtvews, carrying off reatehiny inductee ws 


hsiiting perpterities behind. 
Odhers were threntoning ‘to ditacivs toy Chugh sitesi 


petal chatiges wore inde! i Aiethwse: and; polite. 
| Misewitag seldanet eds’, tw regurd ty aaadiiotss “the 


tee 


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510 4 ALLOBIOGRAPHY oF i 
the ministry, none having offered for several Ss) and 
those already in charge viving but little: evi wt a 


disposition to advance or an ability to labor in the work 
hick they had professed to love. Presbytery, however, 
was unusually fall, nearly every Church session being 
represented, and not one of the ordained mini 
The deliberations were opened, as usual, with. 
the moderator, an aged servant of God ; and | 
served by those skilled in such 
great liberty siven him when he ¢ 
of the harvest, in infinite merey, would send 
ers into his harvest.” be 

The usual formalities being paee Narcan 
was preached by the same person. TLis subjeet compre- 
hended the character and importance of a call to. the 
Gospel miaistry, and was treated with much earnestness, 
The morning heur being ended, the bedy adjourned to 
early eandle-lightins. A considerable crowd had  assem- 
bled upon this nevel occasion, and it was under their hos- 
pitable reots that the members found weleome reeeption, 
Few, indeed, of the mountain cabins in the vieinity but 
what received one or more upon that oceasion, ghul to be 
permitted to talk of the Savier to those whe rarely had 
steh opportunities of hearing the Gospel. Night brought 
them ail back again te the house of gathering. It was a 
singularly wid aad startling seene to one who has not 
mixed in the different nadase of frontier life, The build- 
ing in which the meeting was held was a plain leg-eabin, 
the dwelling of one of the elders, and only seleeted on 
account of its being the largest in the vicinity. There 
were the beds and the furnitre of the whele family, no 
unprolifie onesa! that, stowed around a roem bit twenty 
nek square. 

Upen thuse beds, and upon seats made by leyinyg split 
patncheons upon cross lags. was seated the company of 


4 


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eh els PRY. a 4S binizes Oe 
grag. winger 
SAL bey & pronme al exinprescem tain Soy 
hasan: (Ata exiting, Otto inieWooiaas pewracd,, 
Fa spervraday atiagpiatlan priate 
Pesce tang to nandidates Soy the Telmietry. db call 
; pe, made “to all whee died. Slt Jawmondeions to 
wine Torwerd and vonverss wii listers on 7 
oe) porary Ai pnts nodarge file peouljer 
NGe tp anter Hie temlscty; nad therm a 
SE hts mste onteruniny ian vam 
Chile, nivisiers whe ore now husvimy med 
ye ( : Walt oD 
map 5 oe heard aed wipromeng 


| eda Yelng tis by tha boeklilg Olle, aka 
sux pitace fe. Abate Soak OF to Seat and nesond 8 2 * 
ho anmmtesenty hare to epoch, The third had atom? pacily 
 ‘eepnihed ay tank corner ot thi rien, witls ve odleers 
_ Rare Delage, the. portieulare which indaoed the Poecke- 
oak setap) them as ptoletiousm; but naw bo stepped 
tremor! gout Sanat tha wodersee. Lie <ppecrancd ae 
Niet denaiverel ctart of smrprice even smcapifines wep 
piintigated wudienos, secumtomed to. gepai pegsilerities af 
dates iwi putensey of manner. Lot the ventisr imagine 
Gcovend ie whet i sigled smperns elt; thas 
aahell bouns-epne, home meren horaw-oat, anal feoume- 
soand, dyed, in Nat Dilins: hie whe ia Amepad tig amp 
pas, chem, amd yalnnt bork, and oepde inion, obo, vee, 
root Dnazgewndh sae. 
Be _ wip Din adel iropene of Retpe-taomos, Paci Jantiver,. ood 
’ yfils ¢ Iemiier thong; ocvertng inaumine hes, qiade-—both 
Signt: ocd eoopemo—for alighiing idile, and yom lkare tba 
poeta, of a mevnieia -tyyy/ abe nt Cal mon ecole 4, 
wiG& te lire upon the promede af dis mile for anppart. 
feat whip wag lowed: Aaay ia the atte, - Bagh coms 
ithe pope whan jad Tie dock cgmar cod samen ingin Not, tell 


* 


312 AP TORIOGRAPHY OF 


blaze of the pine-hnot fire. He was weeping 
and, having no handkerchief, the primitive ArT: et 
for such cases provided was necessarily adopte 
stood siloit for a minute, every beholder ladies teh 
Intense curiosity the announcement of his inigaieiey st 
clearing his throes, commenced, * ve come to 
by——," but a new flood of tears impeded Son 
to speak. The moderator kindly remarked, | “And what 
did you eame to Presbytery for, my good friend 2 “Take 
your own time and tell us all about ity don't be alarmed ; 
he seated: nobody will hurt you. Come, “poly tell us 
What you come to Presbytery for? The stranger was 
cmbeldencd by this te commence awain, even the third 
and fourth time, but could never proceed further than 
“Pye come vo Presby-——," and the storm of his soul 
prevailed, 

Here one of the members sugyested that he eee 
retire with seme one, and communicate his wishes pri- 
vately; for as vet ne person imagined his trae errand, 
but rather supposed that he was daboring under some 
spiritual difficulty, which he would needs have settled by 
the meeting, But to this hint he resolutely demurred, 
replying ** ka he'd wet his voice d'reckly, please God 2" 
aud so he did: and he rese up, straightening his gaunt, 
ewkward form, and then sueh words as passed his lips 
had never before rane through that assembiy. 

T shal, not attempt—ner could PE do it, tor want of a 
repori--to quate his own words; but the cidest minister 


present declared, years afterward, that they scorched and _ 


nurnt wherever they fA. N sketch of his subject will be 
sulficient here, 1) seeras that he had lived all his days 
in ignortarce sud ain. without an hour's schooling, with- 
out any training either for this world or the wext, with- 
out any knowledge of the affairs-of humanity, having 
sprang up like one of the eedars on his own mountains, 


® 


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By . PER, me SIS ERT. aaa 1p 


om litle oul ratte Thyas Se tad prepedt. zypte 
ia yout’, iuvetug iv a tarablesay Ber sappeth, 
ona peering Thm plieaeugpes- sock prodits “of the 


Sa baa Agent bie in I 
pre who heel jos way anetig he 
vi, hy several miles tiawel, baal pers, him ce 


ae é 


sched x Ned se. ie tinea 
ickapat oi every Ming relies, davelod 
5 aan 6, He ich ok thin world's wonton, tazied in 
ony _ porns vite. eel thet wabwe of his lanswortl 
pert reer oberg hisne ah the aned.of 
ees, goad! gown wick Syd Jor tls spiribexd tages 
Set. They garted, ond: set mo ecm, hast the indigenes 
Racer Logie The Syieli-whieh distasc® the 


eds A site Kei: to ehepe Bs Shar, OMB 
“ peryial a “way wil ye she?” + te houadl, 2, edie af 
| meienhibon, pened upon his aonk; MBbap Rusnok bie ope 
die, Hiia.9 eaited, by the pia} die ibe fring, toe: 
auyentd, am. the wall. 
7) Sit shaple-henvied weighbor, ignerant v0 himssl!, peo 
need hie deranaed.: the yousger portion onled i 
jews: edewe net slondsrowe, bah suegichows, thamaiyh, tit 
poems icy, 5 moiginh he liquor, The sanz igen’ aoceikt 
mactars, ta) they ware deo and Dstwes, maad ine 
bedi uo. eaiba ie the poban. witht, ity ime: tee anil 
ees numery ool degrtieled. 
prt. paizele ok 3 Gest “pussa. WA 3068. Nome Mika 
 gpemaitios ek shel wmlcestind ahd. Udinese name “ove oh 
find. aveic-atfamcher, fo piagt bike da aint. of he pul 
Gr crd & Tpton to the samples ye all dat mAtsation 
shish i> criminal apo dhe galicse-estowe won Mos dig 
BO Thepreateamy. whol, patna, Theiome tle hen yeast 
a 7 


ee 8 ee 1 
ee ae ee at 


S14 AUTOBIOGRAPHY af 


reprieve, Lt wes in the midst of a camp merting fervor — 


that he at Tast fount peace; and there his eantic ejieuls- 
tion, J've got it, De got it!? was like the w oe 


Eureka of the Sytaeusan, when his oe eta a 
cleetritied his own breast. 

Then he came home to tell his neigilinrs hands hail 
had done for his soul Forsuking all other duties, he 

wandered trom exbin to cabin, and, wherever he found a 
hearer, he exiled upon bim to dees = sins. Lis sued 
Inereased every day. <qree 

Soon his rude but forcible illustrations | eae to tal 

upon the hearts of those simple mountaineers, as the 
words of a second John Baptist, erying out, Prepare ve 
the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” : 

And yet he seemed to have no idea that he was ealled 
to preseh. Such thought as that of entering the ministry 
did not enter his breast. Although his heart overtlowed 
with the one subjeet, and he declared his determination 
tu speak that subjeet te others, se lang as he lived, yet it 
was only asa friend eounsels friend that he expweted to 
doit—nemoere, Tow could de become a preacher? He 
couldn't read a hyiny or a text: he hadn't means to buy 
doesent clothing, or pay for a session’s scluoling, Dat he 
was guided right, for he fell in with a gentleman whe was 
botanizing among his tative hills, and had the guod for- 
tune to spend a Rebbath in his company. This mam, a 
prolound observer of human natere, and a friend of his 
apecies, was struck with the pecularitics of the case, aml 
although 40 professor in a religions way, yet he felt eon: 


vinced that the band of might wae here. He, therefore: 


advised him to apply to some religious association, bedare 
whith be could lay opew hie legrt, and be undersmod. © 

The reanits 4 thie coutisel we heve seen in his eoumng 
to Presbrow’y, and presenting himecif, a etranger to all, 
the manner before described, This history, much elabo- 


ail 


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ae 


oS TAUUR EB. EVSe Rig 
a “_ ce oy remit ahaa lean wees tho 


1 St Gein no Windtal Sores es eleped eal wibdebess de 
i Gap ieticaint- itv latter és, tabhemvsd by the 
: hens wile ge epaic-oraae sectek Withkw- 
Gath Gestures, eerie barter 4 Airioan's, alter- 
sale seyiig- nad nghing, ao ha. 
| pear te kie tol Gienpk, and ehenitag Wh isroKe rag 
- Wesel. dina, haw nll aie” the memtaiain dey spabalned apclh 
pated; Gwe very pelebtne might be bewrd. Thera ws 
mnt day ayn fate agetiidy. ‘Che guny-hatved saosin 
rioneeitiion elond. ' Whacamacs cuniteh hy Soinads trom tae 
fo thane, te Yio thethan ne the weds of sisters rug ie 
eerie ci ater mn senavecs of great jangth, he 
declined think’ plore wen Pope So hie bewe," gad thet 
Gri dior tant domes thie work wthhs hla, mot ode we 
Tee eapred iy eM ampenC MENTS Tat dothwend ibs 
ee ee soe bai af God wos 
a WEB 
po cartes paar Sine ae 
| Ry, Gromies WF Mets wes dimly recht oc g-emididote te 
| thie diiky -wtaiory,, The nuh secre tx thie’ Motory will 
 geerp wees Uae ten, pas forward, 
Mew maty be anid oboul eamp mostings, but, the tyre 
Mined. ior practiedl calbittion st religion hirmdieemthd 
ineyaaligy to stages; doe ead nad deere’. cplsim 
” aliny give ave a conndey eomnyp sociing-agtinnt wy moti: 
os, : Ti te a neaay genre eee tes 2 cede: trorneniag ie 
Oily Mwlhes vieining in omeek of stuns rae Queene of 
avidin, Chet exakd only Ge found theresiowis, “Miy wallet 
ge hoary: low way Gest Cee) venebicies mound all 
amgh thes ranean Ww oes mere Peonepaary abord- 
sg cot too Bit away wprentad ma Sees ony 
‘phertlingdhores,- chen S wae ckeninian be a Rowman, 
Wha, a6 eon as he ngeristhel wlaast of me, disney 


ie a eS ce ee as oe a 
; 7 as 


tronm his. feet. 


* 


~ ilying the peculiar species gathered, 


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316 AUTMRIOGRAPHY op * 


without a question, and asked me to ride and tie with jim. 
The proposition was so bluntly made as to leave out all 
possibility of refusal, and Tat once seceded to his request. 
On we jogged together, and before I knew what 1 was 
about, L found myself giving him a somewhat tedious 
report of my day's labor, even to the preciseness of spec- 


He heard me patiently through—I Jauzh at myself now 
when T think of it—and then, with the most singular earn- 
estness, inquired i) T thought such labor redounded to the 
vlory of God! Althouzh taken all aback, as the sailors 
say, by the oddity of the association, yet 1 was not ill- 
read in the arguments of Buckland, Silliman, and Paley, 
and Torephed that divines of the greatest eminence con- 
sider the study of nature as the study of the first revela- 
tion of God. Tle was struck with the remark, hackneyed 
as it was, and Jabored to draw me further out; but, feel+ 
ing some diffidenee upon this branch of my profession, I 
declined further debate, and changed the handle of the 
conversation into his hand, He took it, and it was then 

all about Jesus Christ and his relizion, and how much 
that religion is needed in the world, and how well every 
kind of talent fits in the spiritual temple not made with 
hands, and a great deal more to the same purpose. 
Arriving in sight of my bearding-house, he asked me, 
in aamest humble and winning tone, if Lwould joi him 
ina wayside prayer; and as T could not, for the life of 
me, refuse, we kneeled togethyr, and he prayed tor the 
“learned and interesting stranger,” that he might he led 
to the foot of the cress In an early dey, and find, with a 


vision sharpened hy faith, that the “revelation of eraee® > 


fur exceeds the “revelation of nature’? in its displags of 
ihe wisdom, power, and love of God. We ported then, 
neither having inquired the name or residence ahs 
other. a a 


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GRY. DAMES Bs FILET. Cie 


oT die Bethel sate mesing on- 
* pense wad Gd wah teil Ue be thorn, Db ecmbeed font 
— Ahastirs comcideons Seeman ievewiag, gad beteeo aay golly. 
ep octiiemens hed aaeseerty The matting opened, 
asain, co by a amuen at pighh. On ths ness 
= & earning sine: smd another 
: Abimatougs withe Behar ebengtungees ae 
~ ls Sere sapere an 6 crowded aniieanin tet oovte - 
ee sah lay. 
Fee some, ‘aS, ageproncived it, wine high}? iniercotaony, 
nak wepetdintiy og somenmed, pegs atier paps, with 
aeciacapda thes -fwely eperkle with, och Wieders neo 
erosion seine eer Fee en 
a beet hee bem better deunribed in ihe weries abpteh, 
~ Bedi tora Handle Bec? i Makio's Gonniy, 
Gon K decld do tts om 5 docin, As T code wy I ems madat 
‘tee of ths oniap-ground by a growd, Glock. nat wikis, 
ee he qiivihpo to qwieata toe and ary doe, 
. ‘inal Soran ourmactneos a halk~iver om a siemebost 
 ibent  Wapigmtagd tm rsalt toys oid hows F bead anaie 
yervionas gegqualateses, 1 took 9 lounge @idy ining coven! 
tie ashore, antl Maas, it wes tite te epee, This 
 omottone ates ia of the Gudhpets of Happt, bole 
qmisiy esssposed of hogsnank—pardan Ube wie; oe one 
wovalgarity im ik bere—in all winges of agnberz, anaitn, 
hen, wid Recstomls of-coht whickews. The conven wie 
prossked bys third-rate gaan, ol} ta bony gnitee: being 
vet, fer mens dng. The aaane oles wie tend fee 
eg ot ‘clesk oomow the wet Goommny. “Thers ine 
eroghoest aie in diending anz cnteg ometing prenaliwe 
Lag somaly.-viphe eins: wad obven winieste, tie Ses belag 
ahr imiatecnned Sampctma of tee oseanign. Kong bakery 
tee lester hour, Tad cpated egrani? al a sobosniont pet 
Sona aml hesz—to oss the wedisman nat Jane thee prmineer, 
, The blowing of abe hom ealled erecy” ons, rome cul 


318 AVYORIOGRAP IY OF - 


old, to the stand, and by their eagerness it was plain thet 
something was expected beyond the ordinary; and | con- 
gratulated myself upon having secured so faverable a 
location, to gain the full advantage of it. I should have 
observed that this location was direetly under the pulpit, 
Jeaning, in faet, aguinst it, and Twas, of course, debarred 
from secing the countenance of the speaker. There is 
some lithe awkwardness, too, connected with that partien- 
lar sent, for if the minister chance to prove a pulpit: 
thumper, as many do, you misht be suddenty aroused by 
the fall of a pitcher of water, or the big Bible, upon ded 
cranium, as have more than once beheld it, 00 

The opening services, which are usually short esaiah 
meetings, Were seo passed over, for it is plain that this 
class of preachers look upon them as lightly as Napoleon 
estimated the Tirailleur service, and they hasten up the 
artillery. - 

The text was announced in a voice that I tiaamodiniat 
recognized as that of my traveling friend of a few days 
previous. To rejeieed at the omen, His subject of diss 
course was embraced in the single word * Consider.” and 
Jed off by the odd remark, that if we would read the Di 
ble diligently we could find it there, so he theught it un- 
necessary to point out chapter aud verse! Tt is immoate- 
rial for me to follow him through his divisions and exhi- 
bitiens of the sublect. My purpose ts simply to shew 
what the mountain preacher-Lou, tor it was lie, had done 
with himsei’ in tn years, during which he had been de- 
voted to the calling of aminister. TGs rst half year lad 
been spent in sehoo., and although his edueattenal prog: 
ress had hardly been such as his friends anticipated, yet . 
by preaching nights and Sundays, and exhartimg all the 
time, he had got-up a revival of religion im the selupnd 
Which swept like wikdfire, and brow sht in scores: ie 
fold of the Chureh. 


ea) 


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RR: SRS Ba PIBLRY. Re 


essing fe enna ty techeg leave to. o- 
i  Ainiecatly, ded heapies ot Ris dimiwed acyolrsmente-—~ 


eat onosteetel): Che akg mntenert. mnens 
. aay y tealeslee bees he ee, Mlaiece Gal Mac 
fences, ES hac been often sernnohod Game dle Meth 
es ; this Abe coir an. Se tee celioge of 
a ig port sputdaione, ie: prowed ac. te Ake ens of Heaney 


 Biiete. Ris idigggnaresy was to- tell @ Yhing ae aoon as 


ee lenrned: it; ame Re he eanld preach at night, the 
uaiiehes that be had-ebadiad throes the doy, bo sandy 
-- ateeintea ten precomnen,° Mie gemory perrad reivwnive ; 
‘MS hostilities’ wes Mekiy vivid; pereevemcms sliended his 
ae Wehadew; aad walieeitct-lovetar the semlo af. the merid 
Rope leln ap, aad kept bie going: “Phere was maser 
| bin ero ad! noatve tolewt fhe too punlity bead Hanes 
24 ipaiteiy sere ‘HSRAGs 
c Gi Wants deoperption the Preshriory comubndes mk leak to 
-, Cbate tians, aed did so. githongh bem bronsbrowil the 
RGF Cale an wo Bismire qualifications it. bappaned 
et dw Gountion, on hick { Grats esi bite weal nis Sit 
Sereson' case this ovdigation, asd) thins for ihe rst tite dm 
fier Wie ie: ote to oflolank hm tid wduaietenrition of tbe 
Wher whdhe’ nor ot bis Gadouse wes ew sabre sims 
laeins Shaye aiutel, saul where they eight sional, Care wan 
finds Shequtinds, wamartnble erigionli¢e, Sran Ww oodme- 
whee, for i vesotiecs that som of bis nommperizans awed need 
: ant: their waste > wrwenlal ayceede tp 
- thd hades tieerty while lee fied Gott ce a sumette; teat 
‘bees of 20), & vein’ of madara en pave, eo penta, tint 
Wide one were ives iy twas: “Lee ptrartiion Hie 
‘Peeadosd: Now sneha Hie ced ncame frome mente 


deoojy, Tan ‘beh phyla -athoiageh te empleo 3 


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320 AcTOUIGGHAPHY OF 


raised us te our fect Hike a trumpet, swayed us to and fro, 
to follow, as TP suppose, the directions of his hand; and 
at the closing appeal ‘for mourners to come forward and 
be prayed for? such a rush was made that [T eould not 
have withdrawn from my position with less than Amalek’s 
streneth, and was compelled to endure aii compression 
as TP never before experienced, 

At the hour of communion-service LT heard him depic- 
ture the scene ‘ton that dark, that doleful night,” 

“When power ef carth and hell arrayed ita 

Against the Son of God's delight ;” 

and truly Thad never before seen the tree of the Man a 
sorrows, nor heard him speak. Will the reader forgive 
the personal allusion, when | say that, eynie as 1 may be, — 
or may hare been, that effort brought my inmost soul to 
deelare that ‘almost thou persundest me to be a Chris- 
tin? At night that mountain voice again spoke upon us, 
andere T deft the next morning a large aceession, in the 
wav of new converts, was joyfully announeed to the con- 
gregation, 

Since that period T have often sat under the ministry 
of Georve Willets, and never bat to admire the inexhaust- 
ible ferttity of a soil that Jay fallow for so many years. 
Maturity of intellect is upon him. The vagaries ef his 
youthtal exercise in the pulpit have been conquered, but 
the eloquence, the originality, the gentle vein of Chiistion 
jove he retains. 

T have been farnished with anecher sketch af a Taisen 
woods preacher, which L will give: 

Immense was the gathering at the Methodist camp 
ground new Springteld, on the second Sunday of Sep- 
iember, 1852. A powerful magnet had attracted this 
wreat mass of peaple trom their homes in many counties 
a hundred mites round. ‘The new presiding elder, a late 
arrival from Kentucky, an orater of wide-spread and cal 


9 3 
BBY. SOO? De OTe, Bey 


wos towne, world Sander ceil Gap. 


* as geoslige of bia face hak Sphioned. hasons 
Bae. ad bese the wbiwtenl eagaeinss te hasr-one to09- 


aig toe apes tape tongs diecanvted eo 


Beanie te ar fie mare ane, Leight anid loom wiht! 


ae a6 dowemn Of heaven; fut the ex-prodigy het wot ude 


ietdmaes. | Blows -'choak eamenctim sogalee door of 


Sere Aniomactterct tha hoary gun of sethedany:—tind asi 


eve waeao news.of the desiest bows. A weap cirewst 
procabher tock bes plout,'and, seucdble of the populer dis. 
apis, imerereod i by montbing q saiserable follues. 
alte saned-ead-ametlees aewed: hema io capene, men ain 
emai. iopponed te oicie nheeh ther sarlesity and oom 
tienen Thee apoia demon he qror AL BiSgSCigMe 

tbe gaigtt Gx Iud haste, and praseniad & mote, 
his. rcitmnodiainig. coud at to preceat he pean 
fear es . The tilowing is = awed copy of that 


Rigi eal nla fev bee tomdewerd uy heres, 


; atid detnia we feos reaching poor. tetromacla Ni 
ool: | might here pericumeg the jourmey to “5G; 


fot TL comld goo have pic Peal, capeginlly aa~lbe hee 
sor ist Pier. ores bare mo aoa to cova, eng, 
ehasaiozs, i¢ in all the tere tis Goby of Chrmiiann so inks 
pet ad thwie aodies... Wraush, aud geey, and don't Wide 
Govk! pat reremg yoo on the aly tiptoe sendledigh) when 
Da sor emntiac te 

cog 8 Hiner Beegian, foe 
code emgts, Bye dag, ainend, ao purgla antiane of nigh 
fal over the crgvh bout. deszening why; Sal's golden 
Gud tached ant ty hanrine-tod, tmaw slog Modled. Jat 
onteh- Gren Din cussmpema}, tailage of savey tema, 
@euy iteanimated=wiae a -twiienes Shes annead. avery teu! 
ae shine wal opera ne th wiistin teoss cae boyeniighysl - 


322 ALTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


with phosphorescent flame. It was like a theater. It 
was a theater in the open air, on the green sward, beneath 
the starry blac, incomparably more pieturesque and gor- 
geous than any stage seenery, prepared within walls of 
brick or marble, where the elite of cities throng to feast 
their eves on beauty and their cars on music of silvery 
sound, 

Presently a form arose in the pulpit, and cade 
giving out a hymn, preliminary to the main exercises, and 
every eye became riveted to the person of the stranger. 
Indeed, as some one said of Burke, a single flash of the 
gagzer’s vision was enough to reveal the extraordinary 
man. although, in the present case, it must, for the sake 
of truth, be acknowledyed that the first impression was 
ambiguous, if not enigmatical and disagreeable, is 
fieure was tall, burly, massive, and seemed even more 
gigantic than the reality from the crowning foliage of 
juxuriant, coal-black hair, wreathed into long, eurling 
ringlets. Add a head that looked as large as a half- 
bushel, beetling brews, rough and cragwy as frasmentary 
eranite, “irradiated at the base by eyes of dark fire, smedl 
and twinkling like dinmonds in a sea—they were dia- 
monds of the soul, shining in a measureiess sea of hu- 
mor—a swarthy complexion, as if embrowned by a sonth- 
ern sun, rich, rosy lips, always slightly parted, as wearing 
a perpetual smile, and you have a lifelike. partraif of 
Mr: ~, the fartamed backwoods preacher, 

Though | heard it aU, from the text to the amen, Dam 
forced to despair of any attempt to convey an aceurate 
ides of evher the substance or memner of the sermon 
which tllowed. There are ditherent sorts of sermons— 
the sreumentary, the dogmatie., the postulary, the per 
atiasive, the punitive, the eembative, ‘in orthodex bles 
and knocks,” the logiesi, and ihe pwetie: but this speei- 
raen belonged te none of these eategories. It was sue 


REY, JAMS B. BEMABT. ae 


sri, sad of gt Gv epecier. Th mnie girocesty tne 
DH “Pihwed the waggish. 

oS Bie Ragan wich 2 logd dnd: Senmtatally geod dlnted, tone. 
foe voles thi roled om whe sere aigh?. sie he suinsetc: 
Seth peale: of gromt. thunder: Mathedion minizters an 
sricnte? Yor scanrons coites: hut hie wee matchless @ 
uae ne wall ae power. or dhe Hest iae inkeitos pla 


“. Sil al Pripenoery, Were salen es wus Mim 
Acmnestiingr ¢. bom then, wt of » saditay bw fnew” weldecad, 


hitorge Grightewnd, hie geeteres gran antiinted uc ths 
wotinges of a fleris Kwek,-ang bis whole concienmes 
chenged iio sm expression of inimitable humor; ond aay 
ihe wild, 'weggind, perntlite-sloguenos peursd arth like « 
moti tore Whaneing anoos, with dhafte- at ide 
oreie, Bom enek:, puta, cd cdeowplitiivp ancudutsc. spusit: 
We tineod, ond few like vil 20 the went -ondiiory ase 
eciemige! with insykia Pare while tha town asasile 
Seriva ts coat tho enrend of their owas apomensons eave 
ting, tap oenhueed cleewy frowned and hung! tine heada, 
ceil @D- the- tet tdowle satate peonmed xc with waspeslsehts 
Bagels ck suck. decoration of the evnagelioe: deal. 
Kiser, bowerer, acon discovaned “hat they bad maderte- 
hen an imgzessible arbiorement ia ioklag to. sitbomd 
tines anstiios of Ril, Rim avery sextemee one fits 0 
wim Gager, Gekling the nbs of the denret Ribs very 
elie tacited oo wires ar “wers theta other peophe’s johos, 
SO -iiet tay efioet (o maintnis one’s equiliorium daly der 
arsosed the diapesitinn to buvet inio lood enplramac, a 
grep echouthor har veriied in sigcior tase. - (At length 
the wmieaemaen “rae' in avon, whe . stemest dantorta 
fenced into winiles, amd the, apiciont aye gacited iney 
tere ‘of invepreniile: inerrimme,, Alnthar’s bent soumade 

oe Bhoridua'e foupiess femee wee:adi ‘heli no empeeaisl. 
This ommmawed’ thirty sninwies, ‘shila the crater jadntes 
Sho tollp ef the akgend, which wes jbo Shaun. al doled! 


; ve) ae a 
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B24 AUVTORIGHRAPHY OF | 


on and Janshed wich the rest, but waa 4 “or io = 
the result as to the speaker. 

-* Tow,” E exclaimed, mentally, eewill, ee namie 
to extrievte his sudience from that deep whirlpool of lu- 
mor? Tf he cnds thus, when the merry mood subsites, 
and ealm retleetion supervenes, will not the revulsion of 
feching be deadly to his fame? Will not every hearer 
realize that he has been tritled with ino mrattters of saered 
and eternal interests?) At all events, there is no prospeet 
of arevival to-nizht; for were the orator a magician, he 
could not change his subject now, and stem the torrent: of 
headlons laughter,” 

But the shat) of my inference fell short of the mark; 
and even then he commenced to change, not all at once, 
bat eradually, as the wind of a thunder-cloud. Tis fea- 
tures Jost their comical tinge of plensantry ; his voiee grew 
first earnest, and then solemn, and soon wailed out in the 
tones of deepest pathos: bis eyes were shorn of their mild 
light, and yielded streams of tears, as the fountain of the 
hill yielded water. The effect was indeseribable, and the 
rebound of feeling bevond all revelation. Te deseanted 
on the horrors°of hell, ull every shuddering face was 
turned downward, as if expecting to see the solid glone 
rent asunder, and the fathomless, fiery gulf vawn from 
beneath. Brave men moaned like sick infants, and fair, 
fashionable women, covered with silken drapery, and be- 
dicht with gems, shreked as if a knife were working 
among their heart-strings. 

Agein he changed the theme; sketched the Jeys of a 
righteous death—ita foith, its hope, its winged rapiures, 
aud what beautiful angels attended the spirit to ts starry 
home—with such force, great and evident belief, that all 
eyes were turned toward heaven, aa the ontire eongrega- 
tictt started ta their fee:, as if to hail the vision of ane 
gels at which the finger of the preacher seemed io be 


CEE. PAMES pester. oye 


Tested: Seite gh eee age ot 


: Sa tied sede we nl: fo eee el Las elit, ated 
ioe Wane? smeamy a thane tal that wih iofidle, vunbved 
iseae thaomovlves as thay Avase. Tien 

pAOting wus dowttained Bor Iwe weitke, anc weaie thaw 

‘ yourke aaldiad ty tha Choaich: | Piaae dat tiene 

(fees eee wus wkgairalbled, oud thie 

Set eableky des ty lia tuisdtiails xi aml mariarly elo- 

spices hat, Berthvertisnn. ta ‘now the preening wwlighoy Sx 
Binnie, 

Pig seine oollege Aid he evadeste’? « Suvaby.’ i aves 
hee Bas wigbey cbeie mater ty Sovelag: ahobs 8 as" 

Som aw mers Gan balf vipht my geod qasstional. 
ah sit aniapning Shs lah placlisehi at inks Sst, epanited 
Perv im, the great unload vaiseity, the ods 

quetaens Meecs, Hamner, Pints, Grokeyoute, Fosake 

pat ot petiende icone. the ieasurag’e 

‘Grete, od Benha Esty. os oeacn cade 

“Wp toby doop tows Je the lowest valleys, fur oat 40 tee 

- maling tiller, these he cadied ant toilet iagethex, i Nye 

. Seat’ gloalons «é all echovla~-the ira aohoal of nglf-sui- 
mane 
« SBet.did be gradents F* 
ligne saben stem abak esti Mk Tint ge re 
Pinel of Ving light, and -steapad 3 Wilh © omd of tim, | 
the ieemertel dire of tne goaruz. 

Bt meena Doce an aertt at aigitise, with ‘no 
ink vaheig trace backn'asvaelias be Aatient Linen tts pages 
of iin Ethie, amt opllagiog of jiyenis..< Year afer perro 
| siileactoed: he Tear) Gys. wild slrewit oF the Gmniker, garming 
RoMwALiS ent -e Teadred. dears for mbere painfal ac @ 
aleve, 13 the eer. Fatale teoktien efied ion an axe2ls 
ett eppertamlie foe seoditniions nae ative rending. fo toe 
ung joumere Sram nee aged wcities’ so meine, he eh 


7° 


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326 AUTOBIOGRAFUY oF 


alone, with nothing around him bui woods and waters, 
birds, mountains, Sun, oe, and stars. Furthermore, he 
bought him books of literature and science, and pored 
over them as he rode alony, with an ardor and perse- 7 
vernnee such as perhaps never was witnessed within the 
stone walls of a college. Thus he mastered mathematics, 
logie, physic, law, and several languages, ancient and 
modern. O, believe me, believe all human history, there 
ix no teacher dike the student's own hard-working intellect, 
urced on to aetion and euided in its cflorts by the emnip- 
otence of an uncenquerable will, 

“Why did not this western prodigy achieve for himself 
amore extended renown? Why did he not climb to the 
lofdest stations in the Chureh? Tf this narrative be true, 
he owsht, before now, to have been a bishop, at least.” 

The statement of a few facts will selve the problem. 
Let it be remembered, then, that the Methodist Episcopal 
Church is a hierarchy, in whieh the dispensation of eler- 
inal honors rests exclusively with the bishops and General 
conferenees of iinerants, where the laity and loeal preach- 
ers are unrepresented, and, consequently, have no voice, 
Hence. in that seet, populir eloquence, and other showy 
qudities, have never been foul suflicient passports to the 
pre-eminent disUmetions of authority and office, but often 
to the reverse, The bishop's gown must be worn by 
steady, austere devotion, not by brilliant eratery er pro- 
found and varied learning. 

Oa this perilous rock Mr, -—- *s lofty vessel was 
shivered inte atoms of a hopeless wreck. He made ho 
pretensions to superior sanctity; nor was it inawifested in 
his conduct and demecnor, whether in the prlpit or in 
private life. Indeed, he was distinguished by one very 
anclerical peculiarity —combativensss a the superlative 
devree, His battles, thorsh always apparently in the de- 
feneive, Were as numerous as the celebrated Bowie. The 


BET, JABSE Rh. Tener. aay 


femes wes isis, thek Bivwle Ioeghs tty deadly 
is, while tr, mre, int bis encemieme Aer, 
an Wee te aleckry, Apwenis, a te operdy enaibragan t 
ee iat tome os cmp hale ov patel evar ered ext 

' ehoell esl vouler judge tom the thilowing smes- 


yt sean ) eooting Tend at vihion te Whe cuarmaye af 
oO cigs Setar minora ky a ast of Dosgema- 
| haiti Send B8. Lowes, wader the nou af Mae Kink, « 
| poraes the ininavghent hers st eonaess debts, 
ne «f Wwhheh ho wed ever wet om squel, of aver see 
Ths sone, drashow railiase comind 0 with « high 
Arwed the mem dot insuMed the wamen, so as to 
ened the diseo!lvtion ‘of all pious qnimniest; and, pat, 
onal Wea ‘the. verror the nama ad they jeder, Bink, dn- 
se fia! Mes, oo in ectivichwl SER SRO WETS 
amg eh  feot We prowess, 
“ds Walls ome sbogy, Wve Sha, 
tt Gil Tocklk, the dueperines, ot the obtehives al dey aye 
ldap, erisel g pel eo desdoniug ye so drowe. savenly 
ery ins wctind. Ws 5 darks oy en: chust Uacloboinag, 
Ws Crposiced hes eae dane. of his sot, wud -rammenined 
aloud : 

Wait for a few sringtes, my besthieu, while Leo ont 
neghe the devi pany.” 

Bie hen. progecdsd with, a capil on bie lipa to the Bone 
ef ths tushy, and addresesd the shief bully? 

“jie, Fiak, 1 Rave come to make pou ting” 

“Ge Wasperadu reutibed Sack the tmoydad Seetocus of his 
hisod-rod keis, arched hie huge hope wid a canmiecl 
aagiecion, aad seplied, 

"By golbs, Pd Ghe weve you de ie, <ld sncyber.”* 

“Very well,” said Tir, Wall hess |‘ geatiee 
poe, yous ciurtsdus trignds, sgute not Apahow fan! play H 

*« Da touree they wi. They'ee wale okt. cho wos" hide 


sitesadad Oa gnlglp 


ie 


2k AUTORIOGRAPHY OF 


nethin’ but the clear thine, se they wont? rejoined Fink, 
indignantly. Lf 

Are you ready 2” asked My. . 

“Ready as a race-hoss with a light rider,’ answered 
Fink, squaring his ponderous person for the combat. 

But the bully spoke too soon; for scareely had the 
words Jett his lips when Mr, made a prodigious 
bound toward his antagonist, and accompanied it with a 
quick, shooting punch of his hereulean fist, which foil, 
erashing the other's chin, and hurried him to the earth 
hike lead. ‘Then even his intoxicated comrades, filled 
with involuntary admiration at the feat, gave a cheer, 
But Fink was up in a moment, und rushed upon his 
enemy, excliming, 

‘¢That wasn't done fair, so 1t warn’t.”’ a 

He wimed a ferocious stroke, which Mr. parried 
with his loft hand, and, grasping his throat with the right, 
erushed him down as if he had been an infant. Fink 
strugyled, squirmed, and writhed in the dust; but all to 
no purpose; for the strong, muscular fingers held his 
windpape, as in the jaws of an iron vise, When he 
began to turn purple in ube faee, aod ceased to resist, 
Mr. ————-slackened his hold, and inquired, 

“Will you pray now 7” 

“LT doesn’t huow a word how,.”? gasped Vink. 

“Repeat afler me,” commanded Mr. ———. 

«Well, if 1 must, I must,’ answered Fink; “ becntce 
yeu're the devil hiaself”" 

The preacher then said over ihe Lendl’s prayer line by 
line, and the eonquered bully responded in the same way, 
wheti the victor permitted him te rise. At the con stn 
ation the rowdies roared three boisterous cheers. Fink 
rhouk Mr. "a hand, decharing, 

“By golly, you're some beans in a bar-fight. Td 
rather aet to with an old *he* bar in dog-days, You cap 


* ofetapiened Pink's panty believed with axierme dtooram, 
poh copeialaphi6 hie Viibls and shalpin: 

+ thamannd when fncidemin equally maieie! abd. hadi: 
vats, ape deleted ae so dy "a adraeningss ia Kat- 
hie and Minnis, Many af them ore probelly Botitieus, 
7 teat vos gonutan uledn, if collected, woald, be: duitcient 
| i eee two-volume: of romantic peality: 

» Baek, wee the heckwouds, tevecher; awd. biogenphy 
eonshse ts the mighty infbuanese of evownstaaons bp he 
ng oe shirsctore ond Seng tive doctishe of Sadie. 

tal Hud -thet spleadid- pene | bewn- oneh act tee 

‘Seb Gl wey ae thetere inte the tery wornte of She gernly,- 
thicn che, hie mame might bare dee o signal of dawn 
Sigarkine vations, bie renews might have tied Te 4 
‘wert Weeamigh alt Yess Dt dee wan tern fa tee wilde 
fittings c? Kimeckys ‘he wae tinct the spinttag) 
Sieber Wester. od stanetnd 6. gard the wdltiag of 
ew Rbadine creat rider the fodiest on essdhy ovd bo gow 
‘fide pose ‘bhatah:, thio. apes 2f foaiug daw, 4: Gor Inst eny 
of Bis’ glory bef ‘alow ‘the stage——aay apltoph by 2 sien 
gor’ band, wsihen om the wand whieh thetl otiieente 

whoetad- Iegty shat the feet, wind alehl The 
tne te tot Vathants Bos tore 
hae ‘e5.9 es 


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330 AUTOBIOGRA®NY OF 


CHAPTER XVIII, 
THE YOUNG MISSIONARY AND THE ROBBER. 


The following account of a mnissiunary from one of the 
eastern stites, who had completed his theological studies 
and received lis commission to labor in the wesi, has 
heen furnished me for publication, Like many who come 
from the east, he was wonderfully ignorant of the west. 
Tle had seen, oceasionally, an article in some of the three 
or four religious pericdicals of that period, about the 
fir west, and with a benevolent desire of doing good to the 
destitute and scattered pioneers of this remote and then 
seareely-known region, had traveled on horseback from 
is native village, preaching on Sabbaths, as ercasion 
ottered, during his long journey. Ohio was then ‘said 
to be’ a Jand of moral desolation; Indiana was *tsup- 
posed? to be many degrees lower in the seale of eiviliza- 
dion; and the new siate of Ulinois was imagined to be site 
usted very near the jumping-off place. AA vague and 
somewhat doubtful impression existed as to the locality 
and character of Misseuri; and Kentucky was known 
abroad by report for its fighting and gouging propensities, 
while the population were characterized as *hait-horse, 
half-allizator, and a touch of the snapping- turtle.” 

Among the vague and rather indistinet impressions of 
the eharacter and habits of the frontier adventurers, that 
flouted aver the raind of the youny missionary, were those 
of robbery and murders. 

During the period of inquiry and anxious meditation 
ehout devoting lis lite as a missionary of the cross, in the 


oes BBY. SAA. PISLET. | 


ee mike Cay det 
i. ot Gumer pines in his Tagtietion. Bil, with ocuq- 
apie: posetatinm, wad) & tented agitlt;, he meaebned Gy 
end ovina Bis, with che auides of evar earchly com- 

fortste preachy the Ghooge), ath ininodianm Blue emnbievating 
ee: a eniieadan, ame a. poopie whe balagged sy 
ee Sete westcan wit himewls atid whe saighl emaenlly 
AOE Ge eeaiTaliing inihaenen anew the Reemwiow of ti 


propane, 
Those sosteandy sad wold day in tie month of Deen: 
bee, Ghat eur micsiomary friend was seae croseiiay an outa 
nf tho tiem Preiria, eset of the hog he the Kadewkin 
shrar tay abhewriation ow Sae—viad Foonaly gaint ial 
teen ovied, He hed aravalid a lone dlotawe thet Ge, 
ep iting a fleviegs act heen tall, ow ‘iwi: 
ph, ine theo a skis of tahoe, when. merry Ge 
pane atl a ponte, wih shame otegeehin, wr may wie 
Dado vedios, Lirphd war fess apravcbing, 
ies Gexaitond ake he wae aemmmmodatsd with ‘privé 
iia? the prooeding night, hod civeosed nie mt 
thio, tell” tora heading placw asraese tas, bapend 
-  hishned in-the-semne Ciremion, war dha tere of Geog 
“ee witiel Re we joarmyiag. “Bas hues ood dee wee 
fitigtndl- wich Inag-oatieg and x band Fide, aad thevsbe 
rey onic tam wo aeniecteirs hes for is woigint tne 
ths @ oxtdhgrent-wiidh bs lel. hoya te apecly Batre 
 peugiom, sad somes bai, bawildared, be-loole!® im coms 
dieteihon fer Higus of 2 Baek habitation, when ai: ose 
cowth tpacken of butcanity apposed 20 Herma, one 
hg in cata taorement, ‘anil wligmenn) diemion, ative 
ite puivia, oernad Mis goth atthe mthtetmry, de tee 
tee georehed, this pertenl agiaersace, doted, antl 
-Rieiongs, eieniected ao Shiaadly-dnaigm. Br heed tos 
merc ah, the akin a tee piece welt, with tall detgeen 


— oe. 2 Bad ee ee ee ee ee) en 


832 AUTOBRIOUAPILY OF 


behind. His outer garment was neither a eoat, frock, ner 
Blowse. In western parlance, it was a hunting-shirt, made 
of dressed decr-skin, with the eape and side-strips curi- 

ously notched and fringed, but to the missionary it had an 
alurming aspect. 

Over it bung a pewder-horn and bullet-pouch, wil 
around his body was a leathern belt, in which was thrust 
a formidable knife. A loaded rifle carelessly lay across 
the rider's shoulders. 

Nor was his personal appearance in the least ete 
prepossessing. He sported a black beard of three weeks’ 
growth, and dark, eltish locks of hair could be scen be- 
neath the skin-cap. His countenance, from constant ex- 
posure to the weather, was swarthy, and a rough, stalwart 
frame seemed, to the alarmed missionary, of gigantic pro- 
portions, It had braved the storms of more than farty 
Winters. 

Every indieation painted most vividly on the yobtunhed 
imagination of the missionary the danger that huny over 
him. The first impulse was te urge his horse into a 
flight. A second thought convineed him of the hopeless- 
ness of the attempt, and breathing a word of prayer to 
heaven for proteetion, he felt to submit to his fate, with a 
gleam of hope that the desperado, who was but a few 
yards trom him, might, peradventure, spare his life. ue 

The sulatation that struck on his ears, ina harsh, gut- 
tural voice, conveyed no consolation to his mind, and only 
served to incrense his alarm. He seed 

“Hallo, dig te What are you about there? Where 
are Vou nding? 

The reply was given in the language of weakness and 
submission, and something was added, with indistinet 
wtteranee, about giving up his herse snd equipments if 
his life might be spared. Learning, on further inquiry, 
that his reute was across the river, to a settlement some 


BBY. Beier mK inpeT. SE 


ne twenty melee Metant, thd sippnesd mobbed oe 
ies, ee rakes be oo aay Te and, ethene, “* Yow 


Oe got Chee po-migh?; besides the bid ford i wished 


| ee ene mot find tha dew om.) Foun Sw pow,’ 
in ate, On had ae coinowe: Inpaety bet the ennct 
 Gagree at ontunge isyplied tn Vais new form of cprech wes 
ie Fae aitesty wadersiond b7 the atasoarr. But thers 
tg 99 eemmetioe. Fig esc slone end whélly ampere: 
ileeaes The was wtnel! in stature, of . lander make. hed 
- SO wangare bot epfyitanl coed, and seeceetet: recites 
want apilest. He new nee the path to! the diver, and 
‘Hind DE~wy witewps Hight the death-deniing rife might 


, op bins Si ht Oarned, ae directed, into the teed’, ame 


followed the gnidé. fe they slowly voGe'te * Tedian He" 
‘ihe, tal grass, witk points of Gmber and bens 
WOOT forthe egace of two mpiles, the ilesloanry dongs: 
“Kemop photons, on bis bnigiiathen, of & exve wad’ «bed 
RE tolits, Shoe wouk! soow 4x7 hime or determina, bin 
a Sa “tieonattod moty freely even be tnesd oalps 
a w reugh-lookiag nisbly for hhoreeo) amd x 
Aegteald Sf a ther sence, with no cigne-of ceoongliote, 
” *Ligiit,' otrangar, xsd takin your saddie- lei ON se 
ee ue 
Vapi ta goin eg, 6B ate Mgnt 
“aaa ‘GM eeltiy throng). 0 low doer yey. Here wine n 
woman wad three childrea ; but their perotmal appearmaes 
OE dinses ‘TmMgh? of might not indienia deagar to tho try 
dle On her Read wat « sovetting of undist cohen, onlled, 
Sota leriguége ef A paxt gonerition, 6 ““stu-tontek” “Ft 
ondary Dae her fase’ froey Geta: dweroation. 
Rtsthtae forurerd's sto Cid oudy sulninvion pte 
‘Tein omnt ty the Gute eleemger 
"" Wiesotie oting what tad ted SPher Gateiore had wad 
“Wf the Denaiitity wad Secephaliay oF the feamita az; the 
mistiqntry mieal on the poobebilitian of eocmpling me 


Dot AUTOBIOGRAPHY or 


his life, feeling a desree of reconciliation te the toss of 
his horse, his saddle-bags, and the contents of his purse, 
which last contained but a few dollars for traveling ex- 
penoes. In his saddle-bays were divers articles of ap- 
parel which he could spare, and there was the pocket- 
Bible, the ciftt of a mother now in heaven, a hymn-book, 
and a small package of neatly-written sermons, which 
had eost him several months’ labor, and, as he fancied, 
were admirably adapted to disperse the clouds of igno- 
rance that brooded over the inhabitants of Hlinois. 

In the mean time, the settler, hunter, or robber, in 
Whatever vocation he might appear, had replenished the 
fire with some logs of dry hickory, while the busy house- 
wife was preparing the homely meal. 

Li consisted of fried) venison-steak, ‘ce halal and 
highly-flavored coffee, with the appurtenances of fresh 
cream and excellent butter, 

The missionary, who had eaten nothing sinee scale 
dawn, sind was cogitating whether feminine humanity 
would not afford him a morsel in the eorner where he 
sit, was startled with the invitation, ‘Sit by, stranger, 
wnd take a bite.” 

If surprise and vratitude were the first eis: 


amazement tollowed, when the apparent robber implored — 


the blessing of Ged in a sonorous voice, closing with an 
EXpressive @men. 

Bewildered and confused, the missionary forgot to cat, 
till repeated!y reminded by the now apparently-hospitable 
landjord and his kind-hearted wife that he did not eat. 
© Perhaps he was net used to such fare. Would he take 
asupot milk? tHe did wor seem to regain his appetite 
Wi the offieious lousewite brought on her platter of 
honeyv. gathere L from the hollow syeamore, and made 
divers apologies that her Jarder contained nothing he 
could eat. 


EMV S66MRE Be FISLZT, rae | 


iBiantiam seth the imqcine, Ase you 2 profiesine man, 
 eibangtee PS . Whe agmostind ‘ribativa ty Chase mamibar- 
“a 7 Was gropsuabed in a nevel duran, ond diet not onaivey 


— » Rom loked mightily owed when 1 tend pow in the 

> pelsh Lapses yn Were a alert at Joot 27 

"at the replies were vague aud continent, tml 46 was 
wot Bhs ote of the cabin, i a toad andl @uimeding 

; ncn Sounginatia dea favorite hymn ef the pedewers of 


Wage 
ee we 2 abate fo eegg Dey, 
Bore os eer nS & Hrd te ghaclatem 
a ee ee  aarveriyime sow! to oe, 
er. duadl Sty ip ter the oye 


CUR Dah aa Od 
in whien bie wits jomed—thet the minisicr was palioned 
Pram, Te. wamsbeton, mid seald sores enisaty. The 
ie Se fiilowed oy 9. chgractuietin preyer, mm whiob 
he. airrges "wee afoctionsiely Tamenmbertd 92. fee 
Phares of mszoy, to which heals raepasded with seve 
gual. godibe, grenms,. Cruvevention- dollowed ube axsaing 
| Mipetion, diving which the misajouney disslpeed hie gree 
feorign:, sad. dis pajedt in tanvoling, ani psegived duc 
equa’ ty dig previous Eackwandoess, But ba band mee 
Ge east tp tell Dla tespe and onlisriange trom  Upy-nppee- 
ieaciom of robbery and muter from.2 dndegerten, lool 
MaPindies preacher, im a bedlywoode diagaiss, who eine Sie 
Gse% mem: to preach the. Gosiel to the auntionsd population 
th Oe bowen of the Grand Preise, anat-d? the 'Ozan. 
. Maxi momring the mieciogery id in geaper, amd, after 
am, arly Droshiest, the boypitehley prercher cacdied This 
oon, tees, with Aber of the -qituishery, mad piloted bint 
te tle “new ™ fonbiag-placn osnter she riser, oxvaral miles 
iving the parting huod, widen covers beh afar 


si ¥, 7 “a OL ee 
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grasp, the valedictory was, © Now, stranger, you know 
Where my eabin is: don’t pass without giving me a call, 
and siay long enough to give the people a preach.” 

The misstonary found a field of labor in a new and 
growing villaze, amone a population quite as intelligent 
and virtuous as the people of his native state, and a 
ehurch edifice, a Sabbath school, and Bible class rose 
under his labors, 

The Methodist preacher, whom his brethren at quer- 
terly meeting never suspected of having been mistaken 
for a robber, in due time doffed his wolf-skin eap and 
leather hunting-shirt, became clad in cotton garments, 
spun and wove by his industrious wife, made a lurse farin, 
prepared spacious ‘camping ground ” for the annual con. 
seerations, and witnessed the eonversion of magne sinners 
under his own Iabors. . 

The missionary acknowledyed to the writer, when he 
revealed, in a somewhat confidendal manner, the story 
of lis fright, that he was but half nines when he 
eame to [hnats. 

Both these men had their appropriate spheres of use. 
fuluess, to which they were fitted by nature, habits, edu- 
mations and vraee and both, many years sinee, received 
the plaudit, * Well done, theu good and faithful servant: 
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” 


i, le ahaa 2580 


C27, JAMBE EO VILLE. 25 


tn sek nn a 
Gbona o> OG R25 RSE 
THRE MALTS. PREAOT ED, 


at Cr 
ae, 


sirens nik ok tel ba, Heariog a voisg waiel: 


peng aan net thet sulad tins to neve howe, anit 


Binaeotl, sarc sountery, aad sesiag 2 hand which acne clae 
spelt ess, thas beckoned hits. onsard,vouag Richmond 
Relies bade. adion vo ell tho audeexamnm of a happy 
huains, cad apianed the rongh and doilecsve Geld of Hines 
ant lite Sheng be hed « slander post dalinnss trans, 
hh nits amstioution, he did got shp fo cewtsel wih 


Both onc Mood, lt, bachling on ths hamease na a eiehtal 
eis avant teeth, ah the wommmagtt of fo Massa, to 
eaters wow, THe wes ume of nedars’s eomiatdls abides ; 
dls a view, Bho Gam werfeld or Dockwen, wince all mast 


fs eee. “Re kaos theas ic te hove them. danocens, ammialtie, 
 ccspenting, aad guilelees;, Uielr watery ic lowt in ie 


. 
" 
4 


grins Gepiibs of hameuity, aad the whole lie te one of 
siiimrmctizcing devolpn to ihe istersets of the aware 
feos, “Raey Ure, like their disnee Master, for oilers, wi 
am te thenasives, Name, ced tape, ood forte, eve 
ii iguoted te. Christ, sed they ard » pragits) dsxmplites- 
dem of the apontie’s decizine of cell-prassarmton i>. Gud, 
OF waeh, a cold, covetons, astiich, soxmwen fring crord 
is got ‘worthy; and the weader tr and thet they tie erly, 
bet that Ged dhowld. altow: them im stay here as ico a 
thep have bave pertoitied to sity. “panes distine and 
wivitl wovollection. of the fate at tly. - frene then bow. 
scuug wycell in the yaimetry, and had passed throng 
teon rough nok ying somes Te iGaentwe tie; fee trae 
ae 


333 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


my experience as aaminister, | had heard of wothing like 
it, The impression made upon my mind was deep and 
powertul. His deep devotion, his youth, his delicate con- 
stittition, the circumstance of his dying alone and wnat- 
tended in the wilderness, was like a wave of wormwood 
ever iny soul, rolling its bitterness. How did L wish that, 
instead or that frail form being exposed to the fatigues of 
that fatal journey, it had fallen to my lot, as one reared — 
amid such seenes would have been likely to have survived 
the perilous mission. But To must uot anticipate. The 
history of this youns preacher is short, but full of inei- 
dent. 

He wes born in Virginia, though the date of his birth is 
notexaedy known, Atan carly age his father removed to 
the state of Georgia. But litle is known of bis early lite, 
exeept that he possessed those remarkable traits of charae- 
ter which were so fully developed in after lire, About the 
year 1608 he was made the hoppy subject of the con- 
yerting grace of God, and united himself with *he Meth- 
fodist Episcopal Coureh. [i was not lone after his conver 
sien that the inward moniiions of the Spuit were felt, 
urcing him to enter his Lord’s vineyard, and engage in 
the work of calliny sinners to repentapee. In matters of 
such sulema import, ihe Spirit rarely moves upon the 
heart of the individaal in advance of the impressions of 
ibe Church; and he scarcely begins ta feel it his duty to 
extort smoners to flee the wrath ta come, and be enved 
from their sins, before he is mvited by the Church to ax- 
eros is gifis. Some ran before they are called. Of 
such are thoee who profess to be called of Got to preach 
ihe Gospel, but who, nolwihstanding all their efforts, nan 
hot convince the Charch of that fact. Generally speadk- 
ing, the votee of the Church is the voice of God, and 
what is done in her holy councils is ratified in heavpa. . It 
wes soon diseovered that youns Nodey had a wow upon 


KEV. SAWS BD. EEWLEY: Say. 


: ec fbi bo pres Was cided gifs whigh, ¢ allowed 
| Dr oat ataieti sxevsiend, sould. 2acm Re premuaiea of 
ile We iw emer aad gloiey of Si, 
"e ibaa Yponae eBion his conpeesion, he wee atmited inte Une 
‘warding eonmariong, and sent to Dbisty etveali,. ie Souder 
ee So ngidly did the powers of thie youih fa) ber 
Roba the vrs develop thamedens, dint Bienmxt aap pont 
 -Haiatit aia? Wont the eecuntl ene of bis munbdry, was ix 
|, Wilitaingten, Nath Cavoliag: wnt the amonwiliing yaes to 
the morn responsible station of dha wity of Chuvleston, the 
- saapital Of Sowik Carolin. 
* ee nt proving seugenial io bis hos, madihe 
hors wonaseted- tharswith bemg soot tina! bis 
fell wonetlivasion, could boae, the aon) pear we fied hie op 
Wasbisigens Grovit, in the wese of Georgia, Ta $998; in 
nampiauie mt tks moquectof the bichep, by-want ea & 
ewes) te Rombeckes . After paming dhvoteh & wader 
‘wor ef tere hemdved and. ity miles, amieseog many 
| satenge nations, daving with. he was sepemied: bo ath Mads 
SV hartohips, eweh os swaaming esp rvers and. execs, 
 adiies testiiesn of trod, eomotimas:-lost im ibe depthe of ths 
tiete, -ampoasd to will. benmte, oy sapige man, and bag 
‘at th mothing hut the eqtdi-dor bie tad anth the dank 
pais shave. ie kis aprabor, bo af Inat eerie a iss phase 
sai thin: destination. 
lene) on thie dlimund vind Wneme Held, he spent 2y6, 
gta te Wiorlng most. indefetivabio for thn giner of Gad 
ois adienkonsntof the Redsemer's Magdam,- ‘Tbox- 
made ivouls have tied eat diet im this dorter region, 
withouk esing beurd ot omireden, hed ia boom forthe 
omen: tystem of.» Chugwh whith kad iho mow af osrse 
weorey it owt: And sphite ake aeeesems of ths pce 
‘ee sore citing in thelk gaeligined, etoom, seciniag 
am helt oh pebretousbimel Mimbethans, diespureng 
pulholeally shout tie wertalomieins af Wee weet aad the 


340 AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF 


ineHicient ministry, Nowdey aud his coudjutors were carry- 
ing the bread o life to starving, dying thousands, and 
booming beaven with litde Jess than the redeemed of hea- 
then lands. If s’rinceton, Yale, Union, and Rochester, 
were emptied tu-r uy, and scattered among the destitute of 
our frontier setdements, how Jong do you think, gentle 
reader, it would ake them to acquire the efficiency of a 
backwoods iinerant in getting souls converted to Gad? 

On this mission, where appolnunenis were as far apart 
as conferences now are Jong, or as would embrace an en- 
ure eireuit, he never Jost an appointment. He never 
sopped tor wet or cold. The invisiole hand beckoned hins 
vnward, the tnaucible voice urged him forward, and often 
without a horse he would take his saddie-bags on hi: 
stoulvers and wack to his appointments. Ln regard to the 
hours of sleep, he carried out to the letier the rules of the 
Mather of Method.sm, and at early morn, while many were 
locked fast ia the embrace of Morpheus, he was up with 
the lark, at his morning orisuns, Lt is reported ef tim, 
that be most diligently instructed the children, in every 
place——a duty, alas! too often neglected by many who 
have declared before God and the word that they wows 
attend to jt. The poor slave was not forgotien in his daily 
ministrations. Every day, almost, found him in the hat 
ul the sate son and daughter of Affica, teaching them 
the religion of Christ, and the way to heaven; and bed it 
uot been for the labors of just such iaithful men, * Unele 
Yom’s Cuhin®” would bave been deveid of every elenent 
of interest. Hut not only did he mstract the childyon, 
nad lebor and pray with the slave, but at every house, 
among parents and masters, with the young aad the old, 
the rich and the poor, the bond and the free, he endear- 
ored to make full proof of his- ministry by “warping every 
iaan, and teachioy every man iz all wisdom, thet be might 
present every man perfect in Cnrist Jesus.” 


| UR. HERS BO PERLE T. ih 
Lt Chie great work ee iter mot-with opposition; Ihe trax 
end: exsarateds hme toy. revilingy and pereton: 


- . Best hee esdecions Dieeeings, andl Lis teorn ned prapers olen 


Hionanied pareceuston, and) semi iran bling to Who stated! 


— ‘Be aus on tha Tormbeckoe miasies when the bs 


true raged with the sexe} telentles-Tory, ad: the us- 
Gewbites fall iw every direstien ‘begenth tha taur 


2 Socata and sodiping-haite of the savage. Whew 


tee Qeeplo had all taen refags im forte, aod eons alenid 


| ee etels thats plantains, -<he ietendid miedouare, as if 


aoneciote af tumoriality (01 nis work wae Gone, unarmed 
ani wagdiepied, wend from. forh tortort, aud preached dhs 
Giapst soe visiting aogel.of meray, By tivee, and. other 
sats of Cheistivm Baidwese, re: enthroned, iiugesi in ‘the 
beaten? Withs pespie, cud his paiva wiki be a boustheld 
wed te thine; While his deeds. will live fuewrar; 

Witte oniising seat tod devotion, which prompoed bisa te 


tip aporires, gemyed heavily wees bia dalewts seme 
: hott, ind? Sb etek’, ie a) hamre  appeerande, that dis 


inlet quit die Hiaerant Gdid. Bedaeed alenoet.fo a ehadow, 


4 


ete ‘Dole, ottwmaied: fatanen, by was fomudt neacig his 
Komtlines at the contermos, atiar the year's tal hud cadet, 
Mic Gpuatlees apirit would not allow-bim to deviak from 
lebew, aud evel that rest which man essamtigl 16 bis texe- 
pate, Dirteenined, ae W seemed, io twa ve end bore 


| tag: Mise the strow.of tmmeaia: whith book Gre. ia de Sipinb 


ond webbed im the tminanelte of Reaves, 6a in, 220 Hogae 
tag Devel of the oross, am drs of 5 quenchlecs ead, 


prtieod on oo the marks of the heatebhe Strive, 


“Reou ving om appeintmseyd dm Nhe Awakopaa irony te 
the ntiote of Dowkionn, be emteond sgwacte werk, and 
for dhe wear ancveniaréd- Wis nad hecdeligs whishe would 
ere: broken down) % shors< ragged, ummefitatens 2a hve 
donated aan hie \ite Gear teams iat, Ma tee mrdut of feag 
gud toTions tries; webiy and-alece: imgaowbis woudl, 


O42 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


deep waters, with weariness and faintness, with fastings 
and watchings, he journeyed on. The peeuliariies of 
the work anade it necessary, in the estimation of the 
bishop. foc him to return to the circuit next year, and, 
without a murmur or a sigh, he started out again for his 
distant fied, 

Ile was accompanied by a fellow-missionary across the 
Mississippi and through a vast swamp. ‘The difileulties — 
they had to encounter were almost incredible, and, coming 
toa place where they must separate, after embracing each 
other, with mutual benedictions, they paried, 

Tt was in the latter part of November, and it was a 
dark, cold. rainy day. Arriving at night at the house of 
a friendly man, where he staid till morning, imparting the 
comforts of religion to its inmates, he departed on his 
journey. Across his path there lay a large swamp and 
deep creeks, and not a single white man was to be found 
between that and the place of his destination, Alone he 
traveled on till evening, when he found himseit at an 
Indian village. Having to cross a ereck before night, 
and apprehending from the rains that it weubd be swolen, 
he employed an Indian to go with him. When he avrived 
ov its banks, he found it, as he anticipated, a full and 
anery flood, rushing tumaltwously along. There was ne 
avernative bat to eross or remain with the savages: so he 
chose the former, and, leaving his valise, stddle-bags, and 
a pares! of beoks with the Indian, he urged his horse imto 
thie streum. No sooner did his noble charger strike the 
furious current than he was beaten dewn the flood. The 
noble animal battled courageously with the tide; but be- 
fore the other shore was reached, horse and rider were 
fur below the landing-place of the ford, and, the banks 
lwing high and preeipitous, it was impossible tor the horse 
to gain w foethordt or make the ascent of ihe other share. 
In the strugele to do so the rider was thrown, and, grasy- 


ies bog a a “s ” a Oe mPa > Die setae da) 


EPS. PRMPS. &. FIRLEY. as 


Inia the Vouls of atawe which extended orix the 2wean,. he 
- weddiad ibe shore, The borne emnm: heat both side 90 
ie stenen frown, wheges be souptedl. 
(| Ae meinaioncay ivemtad: Sins Yiyllom: to Teesin. Bile! dors: 
. A etry, ack Bi Wien eal to fhe nesrast Lowes; 
- cubic: wow distant goes ten mflee,.- We teoreled thence) 
a ose pode whbtd see mie, wet, seid,’ sald weary.  Une- 
Siete pateeied coy ferter, and eomeaconnhy porkaps, that 
; demk, aad de Red: oh desk falied the marend 
cre te fllapee. ble hues? aul commanded his 
Seth or Bnet, 
: \ haan ia. eet wild wood af the tar weet, alome with his 
| $Gatar weed, the pidnistaring apitit: Ut agaaiap Around the 
ointe Mokimon’d Bolle, the voung soledosarg, closed bis 
a % ¢ey hace im hanvens 
» Wiese be see, cond he wes_tymg extended agow she 
cot ss ie Sk ec ga monotone he ot 
I pole hie hin. Him oyte ment oitecd, one dhe gentle 
vidio: » auaile Mpa bie padlid cheek one it paecedl weg 
nie Jrijgtt wal. bearniiful waghd, whens tha mivknd pacer 
| eRe aml ts weary mre at ymat, 
ee a i ms st ae 


 Atulepohcaiilians atelii tin ald wen kay GAGA gilt shesh ley, 
spaanaly the cpotl where bs manda ble leas prapya. 


ie eeaige tn DA. 
Bid: 

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CHAYV TER 2. 


ITINERANT LIF CONTINUED. 


Tue Steubenville conference of 1818 lasted cight days, 
and wis a most interesting season. Twas reappointed to 
the Ohio district, and, after conference, started with my 
brethren to my fiekdov Iuber. AML the preachers seemed 
disposed to do and suffer the will of God in the discharge 
of the duties growing out of their voeation. 

For some years Bishop M’Kendree had been interested 
in the various tribes of Indians, and was anxious to have 
missions established amone them. A work of grace hav- 
ing commenced among the Wvyandotts, at Upper San- 
dusky, through the instramentalicy of a colored exhorter— 
J. Stewart—the Bishop made an engayzement with my 
brother, Joha P. Finley, to vo among them and teach the 
youth to read and write, and to preach to the adults. 
Brother Montgomery was eppeinted to labor among the 
Titans in company with Stewart, and for his support a 
collection was tiken up of five and ten dollars from the 
prescbers. At this conference the Bishop asked me if [ 
would not go there and jaher as a missionary. 1 vemarised 
that 1 did not think I had the necessary qualifications, and 
that there were others who would do vastly better. 1 
thought I had not suflicient patience to teach schaol, 
Atier some further conversation on the subject we parted,, 
but mot without a sirony impression made upon iny mind 
by the remarks of the Bishop, that at some future day it 
Was his miention to. send me to that work. 

We had a fine time on the distriet during the winter. 
The area ot Tmmanaei’s kingdom was enlarged. As fast 


SEs TRUS. Bs PPR Re. AS 


sane 


iors moved ite the somnirs Sigg yrematioos Kiar 
faethe, and soca ae they Red hale eb -epaved, thee 
 dtentased preseltiig iat: Ktyaiig: soci. The cmp 
teectings dure the letter part athihe ycar weer atended 
WIKe wuscass, Tu iawiy placed the Gavelty at euch aoenes 
fe opr preminted Dy worshiping Gok a) tie grove altrmctetl 
then Rea tion af raany, ond jpovebreed a gued idapreneion, 
fist he won look pan » eainp mesting aaaieand mot be 
pad Back « ssene as ie presented by an exsampment 
atyhty do ene whe has paver Wilodencd gue thing ite it 
‘Deter, aenek be ioppessive.. ‘Te look upon the long mages 
a tte mormgnding « hes wes, te dncb commer of whieh 
Raigie eae we lighted mp, aid thea ig toot ond ince 
om coe eamokcrnble teats iting 08%, dudug thelr lights 
enum Qe ieandhoe sail diwiiatio; all the gromd, 
moeld tomtmnt eae of the deesriptions gives. of an azienial 
winitien amend, when, at pdaight, ke sty ie beard, es 
‘bait ns ogee comet Ge ve ford to raat bing? 
hee Hs cial at thie trumped, ond Ye gathering to 
| aera Gomends, whe pasa to med Go with Tights ed 
torches, a) hes a tendendy. to awakem the moat sclerun 
vebociiom, ded vehan the holy snag, ras feors thon 


| grand -etinew, aud Gomis ont upon the siliness ofthe wagiet 


air is Netente mast feel that suvety vackh-a pleze iz balp 
ee, Theas' tout) anettings wers seezous of spooked 
WOtesy to thorsnads. sad ming who tame to aqEeS sus 
piled te gery Soe aplvation, sidb-txck om tehopoet te She 
‘Dione: Rassice. 

5 The nenhrcss thle quar inst in Cinetatt, Angst 5, 

219. Wey of the Aithert of eur ihersal emo wily - ms. 
* ‘Thess ksly iepherds, bevhag heen tayeling ccienciveny 
tig tit interrals ef ocnismnes, masing Circegh the clzcmiin, 
Ae cbelione, ani’ Meliats orsehansing-calenyon, mote 


1 Deeks -aitanding love-Ipnetey ad. shayninting the pownzer 


pimaeliais Th thelr work, Tindal Biase af ove tar Ghee far 


ae, a 


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‘ ‘ts i 
- ene hich cies 
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every heart. The tinerents canght the holy fire, and 
thus. newly Thaptized with the unetion from above, went 
ont with iresh zeal into the vineyard of their Lord. 
These barkwoods bishops traveled from Meine to Georgia 
and from the Atantie te the Mississippi, on the farthest 
hounds of western population, encountering every bard- 
chin; and their annual visits were looked for by preachers 
and people, saint end sinner, with the gremtest anxiety and 
pleasure. 

Nothing occurred at this conterence to mar the peace 
and harmony which prevailed in the itinerant ranks. 
Delevates were elected to the General conference whieh 
wis to be held-in the following May, and, the business 
being finished, cach preacher started to his field of labor. 

This vesr Lo was appointed to the Lebanon district, 
which was bounded as follows; namely, on the south by 
the Ohio river and on the north by the lakes, including all 
the territory in Michizen. My distriet included the India 
mission at Upper Samlusky: and, although the missioa ts 
not wamed in the Minutes of that year, L was nevertheless 
chosen as superintendent. To made an appointment for 4 
quarterly meeting for this mission at Zanestield, on the 
weters of Mad river, the 13. and d4th of November. 
see Methodist Magazine, 1620, page 35, Here the reader 
will find an account of the first quarterly meeting ever 
held among the Indians. . 

Tocommenced my work by attending two camp mect- 
ings, one of which was six miles west of Syringtield, 
This was a deeal preachers’ eamp meeting, at which there 
were qowsent, T think, about twenty local preachers. As_ 
radicalism had begun to show itecl!, there was a consider. 
able of prejudice aeainst the traveling preachers. Brother 
Jobn Strange, of blessed memory, was my conductor: and 
be remarked te me on the way, that it was highly probalie 
weweuld meet with a eool reception, as the local brethren 


Pee a, fe -O re a » a rn ae, A ae 
aia! ; & ems 


* f 
REV. SMES R. PIKLET fas 
nch peepee aga tag , prsdeenssoz. 


ieee wa trmeyed ob, awd anired mb opie ‘oawig- 


or Priday atarnoon,' Wa oqul’ but Tile so any 
_ «hp, Raterdag aitorneo, heothter dooxph Patina. was 
‘digited 42 the me gatta ond stewing me da rogard. yo 


plied nf Church government... Me-emiienend to bis 


mover Ohrisien maser, and 2 presume the 2x- 
: Begins hits of Mothudist pality were-satiefertory, 


: a Rieke niall upon, hd invited tx prekoh on-Geohath 
ee henem m*oloeks. 


be greedtny pour. arrived, and’ 1 wee ensblad to 
pres eth liherty: The Lord attended the word, ead 
MY Wry awe and. aodver ied before se 
amore etmmectnd. with that bout -clbeast. Pinna thai 
treme avereee nothing: bat the Mideast fieling toward 
Te. 

Re nats Baily aud Bebhoth the camp meabing yrav- 


grmeaind 21. Mechuriceburg, and this wee a, tise of tha 


genet disping af God's powernia the suahening. sud 
Pmweron of cmmers. After this T commeonond my round 


1 samiestte maatages, Atovery wacting fet aryoelf a 


Werke th God omt the oxact state of veligion anhomg ibe vite 


| emoryre end, to-snabie ime mers fully ide go, 1 icok a list 


of pil the ‘nemes, avd. wens jate « repuler alee menting 


smainatien. This waa a sevel procedups, but i one 
pier & great Lessing ww avery official magaher, and befor 


Liat prsood amound. yey distwict twike, is wpa ell ot dimer’ 


©, eibais htwnaed timeet ‘Pne ite wns soon serded-ani by 


axhoriess, lendace, ant atevarien and be apritg 


| fap colkicteGhuveh, threwghoat-Ga.ries Sala. of my lobes 


qn ine Dee, 

“Ta ke moth of Son 1 ich fr Gexaval anakeneniot 
‘sts weit tevbe beld bo Beliegrn, tn. company with 
another dah Collie -« Afian pals dage.at herd viding. 
oy monchbad thie meet of the coniepgaog wich comuneneod 


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‘ts session the first of May. As conference progressod, i 
was discoverable that there existed, unhappily, sume dis- 
eordant elements in ihe body. The east seemed to be 
cvriyed ayainst slavery, and the south against pewed 
churches. There was also another question which was of 
A somewhat exeiting character, and which appeared to 
earry every thing before it, 1 allude to the election of 
prestling eblers. A resolution proposing a change of the 
Discipline, so as to mike the afhee of presiding elder elect- 
we, was offered by the Rev. Dante! Ostrander, and the 
resolution was diseussed with great zeal und ability. The 
conference seemed so equally divided, it was hard to tell 
which side would 2ain the vietory. The bishops and yre- 
sting elders were mostly committed to the old plan of ap- 
pouting presidine elders: and as the latter usually eon- 
stituted the delegation. there was a prospeet of the rule 
being retained; but so vigorously did the friends of the 
few measure contend for a change which they deempd 
most in accordance with the genius of Arerican Methed- 
ist, that it was confidently hoped they would cuceeed. 
Before coming ta » vote, a compromise was proposed by 
the Rev. Ezckiel Cooper, of the Philadelphia conference, 
that there should be a committee of nine appeased to 
consult and repori, This committee reported, thet in the 
appointment of presiding elders, the behop should have 
tlie power to nominate two or three men for eack distries, 
and the conference should ehoose from among these the 
presiding elder. This report passed by a large smagqistiy. 
Rey. Joshua Sole, who had been elected bishop. prévions 
to this action. refused to be ordained. unless the eonfar- 
ence would. reverse iis action, The reason he gaveseme, 
that in ble option the action of the conference was unéon- 
stituiionsl, mod he eouid not administer discipline under 
it © Bishop M’Kendree, who was unwell, and was nod iu 
conference at the time of the passage of the report, came 


SRY. SAME T. PERRET. Bae 


ies er wit oO stig aehgctoameay agar rh. aaal 
ope F the awafaramoe wowld uel tige its operugan tL 


elk ad. Atwer delating the question of reder- 
ae meee coer days, it waa, finale, be very suvali 
nooks mapwnded toa fone pease, 
1 icomterenes the rule was adopted wha required 
 Miathawiat dlrarckes to hw heilt wide free seats, This wae 
a agri yholting tonic, Wien the qaeniion was raised 
whether the yale ahoalt he advieary or mamtiacary, i was 
Apciried tet should only be regarded ys wivieory, and, 
hones, guelt a tpliog whe pen io ih. L recollend dis, 
is Wiewilly fenauthigy the Ber. 1. Osirsnder, stim opain conde 
wie, pombe ‘wemid we, be iwonty pours helpers, wader thas 
wary ay acini ealerenss would rstriot tho shetowting 
fiotie shed L have lived bese the tnihelmant of shess 
eye, fa. ™ setion of the Ohio cankerenes af YOS0 af 


ie toc emuference having adjourned, we hack- 
ecans premiers ditested our course homeward, and woud - 
a pay ever the mounluins, we veethed tame moae 
ts act walleye of the week 

 Wenound wp oir yous werk with « avandl of ahuyp 
Gowme of these wets aireaded. with wines) 


a of Dirine powec. 00 smal ware Teaizis~ 
ial Bee evesk,; and Walon tnash telinge, At the 
‘Wiliae' Se hadlthe services of our buloved! ampavixtmdent, 
Madre end Egberts The guilvtsing of the pape 
wanctimons. Thay caren toguiber ix ths epirit of paerne, 
ad nok Sar the’ perpoee! of tnadine: 6 Gaping, ‘enob: us 
aig? be ealied a velicious ytomia, whore’ faasiliay vie: with 
donk nites. in showing off U6 the ‘beet etweatage, bes 12 
soiellip Ged castniltsty, withon) any reget, io «rath, 
motes, kid foros. -iknd bank replised: the Gest’ af 
cheir beasts, hs work eommenetd 24 crue, cod ocatibed 


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day and night with increasing power, and over one hun 
dred and titty were sounaiy econverced to God. Milford 
camp meeting was alsa a time of great power, there war 
amilhty shaking among the dry bones. A leader of ini- 
delity, renowned for his advocacy of error, was awakened 
and converted, and sent out by the Spirit to bear tesu- 
mony to the truth of that religion which he had reviled. 
White-oak camp meeting was held at Indian hill, and 
Was the most powerttl one Thad attended on the district. 
How many were converted I sim not able to say, but do 
number was large. On Sabbath L baptized one hundred 
persons betore nine oelock, by sprinkling and pourin.. 
Brother G. W. Light wrote down the names as 1 an- 
nounced them, and gave them to me. Among the nun. 
ber is the mame of our beloved and unented William b. 
Christie, of whom L intend saying something hereatier, 
The Revs, Augustus Eddy and Charles W. Swain, both 
young preachers just citering upon their ministerial life, 
were af this meeting. 

Sirsit creck eamp meeting was held soon after, and was 
attended with mighiy power. On Sabbath morning, while 
brodier John Coijlins was praying, the Holy Spirit came 
down on us as a rushing, mighty wind, and more than one 
handred fell under the power of God; and such atime of 
weeping and rejoicing Lo never saw before. We were 
much annoyed by the rabble, who were set upon us by 
men provessing to wear the garb of Christian ministers, 
but more frequently by the whisky-makers and venders 
themselves. Pew men, in their sober senses, could be 
injuced to disgrace Giomselves by interrupting the wor- 
chip or God. aud these few must be besotted and imbru- 
ted to a degree past recovery, who would cut to pieces the 
harness, saddles, bridles. tents, ete., of the worshipers, 
aid howl around the encampment like skulking wolves, 
Such creatures were sometimes handled prety roughly by 


oe ee ee ee ef oN 


ROY: SAMSE Es) PIL YT. roy’ 


a enue ie ihe peice, awd gher Tsied eile, by 
Mra, thes ‘Ms seay a the, tewnagialbone was hac, 


Simadond She I chisined Rov. Pi 
eas yg dagemmbalrinbe des 


Re = “8 Be “~ sheen cetlemente, aang Sth Buskehs te 
ti ioe. ‘Dootlser pe taiaraey, and brembeivt wins 


“wine Torannt Sia en ek 

ave, Bisbarea, wd George. The seecion. was aderagest(- 

eat wie grows barmouy, aid the coe iyrnges baskenes ome 

suatonnd wih great dispioch. The inorenss ia lhe aeaaa- 
nig tu he bio: oomitvenes thie peat, was hey thowe 

Be, pine Gytndvad-andd taney Aa. 

RDS conlinwen T wis yetarind to the Lebaivon lis. 


of - : s Devoe dnd de wae F daaiacanedy im the penta: 

be evils Seeclidlem the Weandot inission. The ev. fobm F: 

Rant wne sont to Datwoi wirenit, waiait exmeded fom Die 
ccd to Lwkse @6, Clad. 

Bs ye late in the BN) shew T lek the whi opitesanis 
ie niga oy fies quakiesly mmekeg ai tbe Maomes Tape 
fifty: Bars gas sot a depie halethvon of n white mam 
rome whe cid Hadinn beundey on dhe Bata GM we reseksd 
Cha Rapids. Te thie route thane were thoes Tadinn aceboy 
wanton Dipper Eomdimky, Big Goeaq, wnt Tevenatorn, 
oh g beagok af the -Carrien sivar.> Thuecgis. ihig wildaes 
aoe. E veged sy way. 1 bad:ecdiwen! joorsay thiouyy 
Wer Bleck Soap: Twoaighte Flay wut inthe wWoarhey 
‘Going ait which time 9 didnt tio: the for of @. buns, 


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appointment. Tlow changed the country and inbabitants 
stnee [passed through in 1600 with the drove of cattle! 
From a wild, desolate region, where savages roamed, now 
could be seen rruitful farms, where could be found peace- 
ful Christian families, in whose houses were ereeted altars 
to the God of the Bible. L was hailed, by preacher and 
people, with vladness, as one that bringeth glad tidinys 
to the ends of the earth. Lo had the honor of being the 
first presiding elder that set his foot on the Miami of the 
Jakes, and had the privilege of holding the first quarterly 
meeting, love-feast, or sacramental meeting ever held in 
this now densely-populated country, Our meeting com- 
menced under the most favorable auspiees. The few who 
exme tovether—end there were some who had come the 
distance of seventy-five miles—sat together in heavenly 
places inoour Lord Jesus Christ. The banner of Divine 
love was spread over us. Our meeting commenced on 
Friday malt and continued till Tuesday morning. Sev- 
eral professed relivion and joined the Church. The breth- 
ren were much refreshed and built up in holy faith. 
After visiting many of the settlements, [returned through 
the willerness to the Big Spring, where PE held a meeting 
with the Wyandots. Here the subject of a mission 
school was then under consideration by the prineipal 
mien of the nation: and they had been encouraged to 
think they might have two--one at Upper Sandusky and 
the other at this place. I showed them the impractiea- 
hility of organizing two schools, in eomsequence of the 
expense attending them, and that they must send. their 
children all to one place. We had a very pleseant and 
profitable meeting: but no hind of Chureh erganization. 
Ajl were permitted to join in the exercises who felt dis- 
posed. The religion of the natives seemed to be a kind 
of national religion. There being no Church orgeniga- 
tion and mo rales of discipline. none were called to an 


2 EEF. (AMES DB, PISERY. Bo 
“samen, dior Sioonitedy ccpebuet, Hwan perdendy. olivier 
Tima id thie cede of thing, tink we would, te waabin, 
: ‘ee. Oharaky, io macoageh muck of way Repscqmenso ute 


“hep ine nogtd coguniae the Indions minis Chardh ont wd- 
eee een thee rules of 


pees ne amt mukitndss wigs oopmerisd to God, 
a1 ‘To! dip-epsing I siartcd for tha paspose of piditing mare 
timings aay Dectrott change, The-trip was a very wi 
wolaards me. Whan T mvived ot Lower Geadanky the 
ointOnEeey * fiorahiat: wast ah He highes. I kaxeled slant sx 
the Mirecalmage creek, andthe watér covered tbe antize 
saleg Aron hil io bill, Dnabls io prasad vy farthar E 
wait hash Ge the iows 3% Lower Zendasky,.and hired = 
monte plot me Nero vo therapies of flee Mag 
‘Whats Ire onrne to tha-creek be anid it was no poesin 
ite te # te get through; 29 wo netappady wil 1 éinvated 
 -Rrpienemp-ap the river te Pop Ball. Usieehagnay hava 
WM 2 -Gleod, J bred two young Endings totale ana o6 
ie tina of thee river ins a barke coms, on tit 1 weighs att 
_ Bilgpent pet on boon Gis etanmer W aketgtha- Wistin ona 
, | Wiidog qomniag. 
Baiting ‘sail tes ome Ben canine, we ented: down te 
Regt Bates. and, shen te osme to tke Baadralsy Malin, 
|) ee ipa eee eto Tie a Tad, Sieh orentgking we dbs 
fam tereaukedl ‘she month of the sive, ws soueleded 
| - faregy all i 4 wits we old Prenchinem tr dhe mee ‘of 
— Baeetie, whic -eacupied o miaetaids ahuaky coy the back, 
and) lined, avtmotpadly oc mmalents. “Whe plate wee detads 
fully ‘tofeeted with Gees and, aeeatnes. My cosivadias 
Joined in, pariching of ouy Koti’ haogitaliies; bat T wee 
me: enfidenily hangaiiyen: imap aerokrats. “To pea 
hows Guyeekt treus tae foes Wikek: awitapzed snout aon Tesigh 
aM. lige en ay, oa: isla can sites onmnln 


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our canoe and paddled on. As we reached the bay we 
found the wind blowing fresh from land and the waves 
rolling too high for our lite bark. The bay was five 
miles wide. and, notwithstanding the boisterous weather, 
othe Tmians were for going directly across. To this 1 
objected: amd we finally agreed to take the esst side and 
coast nround. Several times our eanoe filled with water, 
and we had to run ashore, pull it out, and turn it over— 
then reluinehing, pat to sen oeain, A more serious dis- 
aster befell us when we got within two hundred yards of 
the shore at Goat Island. A sudden squall upset our 
bark, plunging us allin the deep. Being unable to right 
up our vessel without something more substantial than 
water on whieh to rest our leverage, we swam with our 
boat to the shore. Here we took our cance on our 
shoulders, and carrying i: about a mile, we launched 
aeain and re-embarked. We paddled on, battling with the 
waves, end finally arrived within four miles of Porthind. 
Taking my saddle-lrogs on my shoulder, T walked to town, 
almost exhausted for the want of something to eat, Here 
T stopped ata tavern, and, ordering a room with a fire, I 
emptied my saldle-hars, and, spreading their eewtents, 
with my elothes, before it, went to bed and slept till the 
sun urese next morning. Getting up, [found all my 
things tolersbly well dried, except my books, and, after 
tokine my breakfast. [got on bord the boat, and arrived 
at Detroit on Saturday morning, where I put up with my 
old friend, Mr. Jeremiah Dean. At this place I received 
a letter trom brother Kent, infarming me of his sickwess 
at the Rapides, and hia imabilicy to be with me. Ip. that 
Jetter he informed me that he had given out appointments 
for me every day during the week, except Saturday eed 
Monday. Thus vou see, dear reader, 1 had work enough, 
The weather was excessively hot; but, notwithstanding, 
we commenced our meetings. Having no church, we 


Rev. FAME H ONL ST. Sen 


fie Che cle eommetl<Bnne: tind: te Teed ard 
w trudk. “‘Gerpmuae Cate, to9 PY fiapd, treated 


ctrn great muspeot aad hospitality, aud atec aie ceti- 
‘telah Taal. Yodoss, Gederetned ay gite me fovor in the 


te people, Tha soldiers whe wore stationed 


eed we Cia mitch saxpedl, and jacey of hein 
‘eaten ander perooking: OF ad planes im the 
eo a slit 7 station iste soci watavoratic to relig> 
- hetie tau Genes thers sas bat tittle trultmacifesied, “Bev. 
- ace teat foward tse peigere aad Wels Sotverted to God. 
Tied vied uppoinimets bee given ous for me, the mevting 
deht Waive teas rept wp ail the Week to rest advartege, 
- eeteer Abbot fueniched mo « borze, and J started on 
Tessin 26 GN the appotatnents which ted boon made: 
Bias Gig I pronshed: twice, acl avnm the aver Rese 
— I thon went to two or Nore places oat nore 
cm erviched, at Sor ae Pontiac.” Tistning by Deientt 7 
ope i teen Soltath af rest Riterest wed jorctt 26 ag 

ek witwy others, My soul wae inne gnited, ta the 


Bieb peagie: tor they coumed ti ty ay sheen witheat aw 


On Monday 1 left for Upper anduake, 


. ect atrived wt Portland. them wes no- conveyance fra 


ee er se a ee a ee 


ih ty Lower Sandusky, ~ Afse considerable cearoh 'E 


‘fiund an Kadina, whose horse 1 ined,  Uhe plus wad Jer 
RS te lis amg Ye. Fisdtes te weadld or sere, ne She aiege 
‘put’ tse Avscndingty we waotad, Tha-Endiag wohl 
a gleaned ino Ineg spot sad. Shen: slanying, be won} 
‘sag, Berd! harea: haw wiach yon give for him TY, L 
raid sel tie F did wot west do heey. He wonld chen 
Fun Ch agein -e wile or two, and. stopping, would aak this 
pat question.  Thie ba soatswied.dil, besoming Grad at. 
‘iis questions, I tid thine X Wad ee epomsy. “* You tia. 

mel he, pointing ie my widicdags, Then sald in, 
TOT Bes im gree T eyny “+ Mere te ton Cotes!” 
Png imoocenk 98 it, Nt aii, Fy naenabl 


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you Kaintuck! you rascal! you cheat Indian!" Shortly 
after this we came within heariay of several camps ot 
Jndians. As we advaneed we found them in a drunken 
spree, singing, dancing, and hallooing as if all bedlam 
had broke loose. He asked me to turn in here and get 
some “lam.” “No,” said L, “you come on.” “Nay 
me eo, and quiek come.’ As soon as he was gone [ eut 
a stout hickory stick and put the Indian pony to his best. 
Soon TP heard the Indian yelling behind me; but he was 
notable to overtake me til PE reached Lower Sandusky. 
When he came up he commenced abusing me and charg- 
ing me with a disposition to run off with his horse. 1 
told him he must stop his abuse, as L would have no 
more of it. Did L not give one dollar for the use of 
your horse?” * Yes.” Well,” said I, “here is a hall 
dollar besides, to get your dinner with.” At this he 
turned his tame. and said “You cood man; you no Kain- 
tuck; vou my friend 

From this place [ ¢ot a conveyance to Fort Ball, where 
To found my horse, and traveled on to the Reservation, 
where Pmet the ehiefs and principal men and women of 
the Wyandot nation. 1 drew up a petition for them te 
send to eonferenee, whieh was to be held at Lebanon. 
Vide History of the Wyandott Mission, 

This year brother Morey was admitted on trial into the 
traveling connection, and appointed ta Detroit cireuit, 
where he promised ereat usefulness to the Church; but it 

pleased Him who holds the stars in his right hand, to eall 
lim from labor to reward. The Minutes of this year show 
ah inerense in the eonferenee of one thousand, six hundred 
and three. This was one of the best years of my itiner- 
ant life, A petition was sent this year io the bishops for 
tie to he stationed st Detroit, ‘This petition wes signed 
le Gov, Cass, the Messrs, Hunts, and principal citizens. 
Ju the petition they pledged themselves to poy all the 


KAY. TAORE Di PIAL KT. RST 


: Bitty: ceed expat, tun, Redidoss Matiog a chert: 1 
euiy inghieved: fay teany that tele gon yar wend 
. ft inher MP Kamien though’ the Tadien anis- 
| poe open be thist Despets, xa aay ether plane 
; ene oe Bishop Doherys where favor of 
| =i Eien, anc the mater sree? in sac: 
hie eetlee conierenas, -My-own dtudiment and 
— inallings Tadume to Retrols, beeema 1 halbtivod’ that at test 
bya iubetaiowta of thy place tromid: here 
£ i the: Derek. Baths senior Bishop qanestted, and 
pia enone thio Indians, With wagered to ey mov 
: maiialy, mut tay inbors ecumectod with the Wynn 
; ech Fedived 1 ound. aly any. thet the neater cox, peter te 
temas onthe Wraadets mission, and de the Mngasines 
CREA RE HR, aie. Tacos, ‘howevar, Eire bun 4 Byiet 
sy ecgged ecaragthele tile, Mush ic unwritten, leet 
A bene te femish some thingy in: thie biegraphy whiek ana 
ee a Pnambrenee, and fad el tnpeedt. a the 
Gea cliasio® sf the Methodist Myegwaiue, yon will Cel 
Init to Rue.J,Souks, whieh will give sonny acecmes of wy 
RRR 
| Besetilichog; a winaneagy Coens ie nk day to Garviah 
Cn te Che Miesiaqery, 1 bei bome fs Warren comuty 
the sightisef Ouiehes, ach tn wagon-loads of homaheld, 
guile, koaing wench and mher meedinl oo ne 
TegetmnaimoRNEN atmny wos, Afar dignt dayd Gael 
allie. te armed oF thee tedéen. goded, ead took ahol- 
toda mn hdn niwly riiecd, without whinknc or donting, 
 aeaiints af eBher vhimmay, windie scr door, Burs aed 
Pantha ts lew ti) Lead Sed aay “Thess rue eke iw 


a ee aT oe. Sp 
a ios 


 Qebalon tantly tre yotig einen, tre, young men T 
. Reed hired, and meyoslf and: ilk) = vent te work to tals 
online the wine. os Graber thre of my binet 
ions. fet ose.  Aaccier: subtest egpened. Wile a 
: Se eS ere er oer eee 


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brother George Riley on the head, and T thought him 
dead for some time. Placing him on the wagon, | drove 
three-quarters of aomile, and then bled him betore he re- 
vived, All alone dt worked every day, from daylight til 
dark, ll my hands were so surely blistered [could not 
sleep atnicht. The narks of my fingers were left on the 
Ginbers smd lows from the blood which flowed allday. tn 
the course of a week brother fdley was able to help me. 
On Sabbaths [preached at the couneil-house. and held 
elass meetings with all whe would stay, On the fourth 
ef November we moved into our winter eabin, without 
window or door, but we hung a blanket up for a shelter. 
Soon as we took possession of our new home, a widow, 
who had no means of sustaining her Indian children. pre- 
sented us with tour, We could not refuse to take these 
poor children of the forest, thus thrown by Providence 
UPON US: 

Sister Harriet Stubbs, of blessed memory, volunteered 
to leave as peaceful and happy a home as eonld be found 
in the state, with every thing to make her happy, and be- 
come the matron and insiruetor of the poorest of the poor 
outessts, trodden under foot by vicions white men. She 
was a sister-in-law of the Hon. Judge M’Lesn, of Ohia; 
vad althouch revred in the tenderest manner, vet she for- 
sook all the advantages and blessings her station in hie 
scoured, and espousing the cause of God’s poor, fled to 
the relief of suffering humanity. She possessed more 
courage and fortitude than any one of her age and sex, 
that T have been sequainted with. It was but a shert 
time till she, the intrepid female inissionary, was the idol 
of the whole nation, They looked upon her es an angel- 
faessenger, sent from ihe spirit-land tw teach them the 
way to heaven, They called her the preity red-bird, and 
were only happy m. the light of her smiles. This most 
emiable young lady took charge of the Indian girls, and 


RAK CAMO, PISCE ¥. S86 

. thas thelr lethtte,mgd fofirea tate thers ker 
aad heppy semis. . 

anes ree OF Whee Gitte Spe ae far advennet 


iy, sind nonmeplishad isl enimueed br Ics 
geting Gio ber dacp-bihe opesp gad send- 


- agib terete glorend thats foe sha tank teptoriag with 


_ ie etipaticn upon leer Gps, oe he endegeoned wo 


7 ithe. posses of these echigites of the foren, aad 
: the cividigaaen of Cheigtienity, 
‘winter th tanking pryparetions for telbling 


| Price reir faatity and the acheo!: AD this we did 


. We thd wet tune Khe Tadians Gar Revers of 
wietdl aih dewteeese of water, Bo sobgteaty wee. Tone 
| eget iat F did mot tad A aingie menlof vintwalg thy the 
—* qd We Zan, except on Sabbawr, durlkg Ge whale 
Soin. ce ies owt ot toga: then dents Gai to ibe 
ee gare cwe ctald “dep and eight wd dewedk com 
eee Tuetiier Bley <ewod al} dey. axd T henled the 
Petey heost' cara wagons, with iro yoke of agen; and) 
_  paiersikiy, we oat wp wad paedd alternately all night. Be 
_ Soeaiiemed a we had sib Ue Sumber ee wenled id 
<TR wees twante-lowr Dy forts-Gee, Yay, and Lao ety: 


=. 
‘Spring Y bived tes apiitting ant petting oy af 
te thickiinte rails, agd sleo hired two ieeads 4 “put de 


; eae ate efdp,’ Or asheo!, in the wens! Goss, inerenaet 


tert chitdees; bee, as yok we het no-eotiadl-howwe 
Gar beloved sister bad 5. 200% unde ty tye yard, where 
a dasaght bee Title Geok date. Winkle ts wert doing all 
» i ened so Jey tre Soundstion Hr-3 lings solide! by vitiah 
i famtrwot thiy eintion, We ake there te Ering them, 3 
‘Ge Krsquired evest-gintok ie taunge offre ot ‘ne 


Sint tex posprisos Se hotiems, AGI the extengs pant of alee 


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nation were Tiboring hard to keep them in the Trdian 
faith, and every eJort was made to get these who had 
made a puotession of religion to ve back to heathenism, 
Tn addition to this, whisky-sellers were increasing to an 
alarming exient, aud 1 saw it was necessary to have a 
more thoreu chiy-orsanized state of society to resist these 
eneroaehmens, So Eb reselved, in direet opposition to 
seme of the iriends of the mission, to form a soviery on 
Methodist principles. 1 areordingly drew up a few arti- 
eles in reference to attending meeting, family and private 
prayer, the observance of the Sabbath, and total absti- 
nenee from all intoxicating liquors. These things 1 ex- 
plained so fully that they were perieetly undersiood ; and 
then Lmade an elfurt to form a elass, which resulted only 
in bringing out seven who were willing to live by rule. 
The tempersnee rule made a great stir among the whisky- 
traders, amd they tried to convinee the Indians that in 
thus pmtiing their mimes on paper, they had signed away 
tieir Indian liberty, and had beeome the slaves of the 
white man. The lines, however, were drawn, and the 
national religion, which allowed a man to be crank one 
day and very religious the next, was entirely broken ap. 
Phe head chwf and his secretary of war, Warpole, Col 
menced holding meetings every Sabbath, for the purpese 
of worshiping their Indian ged. Their ceremonies cone 
sisted in dancing, feasting, drinking, and their chief-priest 
was called upon to preach or rehearse the traditions of 
their Indian god, and the aighty works am. wonderful 
words of their ancient warriors in the day of battle. This 
at first drew many to worship with them. ‘The mexi Sab- 
bath Lexpounded my rules, showed the beneficial effeets 
they mmst produce if fairhdniy kept, and then opened the 
doors of the Charch. That day ten more joined—all of 
them of the most influential of the nation. Four ef them 
were principal eliets, Between-the- Lous, Mononecue. Hicks, 
\ 


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ae one soe wee. . a 
lee Cees oe v 
ee ee Rin) 


BEY. CANES BL PISREY. “Tainh 
Pewwook, Thes separation give an impalse te the 
ah a pay, an cater yamiy to Ing@etieube feligiow, 
oid eh weg shaken: At ome fane L wae sont for ia 


: ka atc iw go in haste to Between-the-Legs. When 


ae if fund the parties had mer te iuvestigate the 
a the Bile. Attor « tew Indian ceremonies, 
ne hominy aml smoking, the subjeet was intr 


duced ly Bioediy-Eyes, a notorious oid drunkard, Le 
Tasted all night and tll nine o'clock the next morning, 


rihanna aoa ee Tt would tuke a small volume 

mines the fransactions af what night. The 
lesindetisall nage 8 tek cease GE ee Sigh wen Seed 
—— fiat suities it te say that my adversaries, 


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362 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 
aY beng Seongy 
2 OP ices, Gene a c , 
on Moos Bloe.sere t 
5 Celie ar are 
Coren ttt re 
aaa 


GREAT REVIVAL IN THE WEST, 0 


Iy the spring of 1800 one of the most astonishing and 
powerfal revivals occurred that has ever been kuewn in 
the western country, This was also the most extensive 
revival that perhaps ever was witnessed in this country, 
Lt was marked by some peculiarities whieh had not been 
known to characterize any revival in former times. The 
nearest approximation to it, of which Lean form any con- 
ception, Was the revival on the day of pentecost, when 
thousnnds were awakened and converted tu God under nm 
most oa umestiners, 

Th nencement of the revival is traceable to the 
jeint Jabors of two brothers in Cumberland county, Wen. 
tuck¥ one vf whom was a Presbyterian and the other a 
Methodist preacher, They commenced laboring together, 
every Sabbath preaching, exhorting, and praying alter 
nately, ‘This union was regarded as quite singuler, and 
excited the curiosity of vast multiindes, who cane to the 
places of meeting to hear two men preach who held views 
in theclogy supposed to be entirely autagonistie. Nothing 
waa discoverable in their preaching of e doctrimal elarat- 
ier, except the doctrine of man’s total depravity and ruia 
by sin, and his recovery therefrom by faith ta Dbrist. AD 
were exhorted to flee the wrath to come, aml be saved 
froma their sins. The word which they preashed owas 
attended with the power of God to the hearts of listening 
thousands. The mullinides who flocked from all parts of 
the conntry to hear them, heeame so vast that no church 
woald hell them. and they were obliged to resort te the 


Hae. PRS VELA. sates 


Sth at woe very vehicle was pat ja dequiniticn; 


‘wegen, eniie. tusk sini. elena tsi 


5 Tkechal eprionens POURewadly, se. Thee sted ef quatviss= 


| — pete goptinnal. sternl Prvaghs tonta, 


mo the grows, sad Menacnal sag and 


| | abit tee awosqr aa The sondern hare toa the cage 
devlitdimening af 180) Rishop M'Keadiee wos appainced 


 Paakcion, tod the aambers whh attended 


Ss ee are « anal 


puiding older-ol the Bepticky giviriet, cud being teas 


tuomgliivionamiast with thie woetertal wok, he was py 
pote fitin acovrect judgmast of itv Aberacies.. Thirt 
dhene were oxtraragances (bes monaliinted sa part. of alig« 
fimey potas Qeepered to admit, bes cuak it wee gil: gwd, 
Gomidal delarien, ho wes vere ing trom, cmending,« Bag 
fie ellipse i mas ihe werk af cd's ae a 


inauanes liegt to Holi cae aut Dy oui 


faved. ° “Wintle tie mamnings lected, arate Siragieny 
ctupnin i teueeae, patalae son yepsesiog tbe roads aad 
patie, whils day weols sopteed 16 be alivecwith Soophe 
Wile oleate appewred to be vacpied, and only Rese 
ded eare ornhd bs. fomind s, haxtnn has leg nen indecitaint. 
Aap itgesrewete; sad sondiGode, pmsead nie ‘wey Ww. the 


spacing. 4 vhses mociings ihe: Poisbeiscpioa madd 
Hiathediets apied. — Tey wire held at aiflerat place, 


(Web kine BAM ot ile; 1004, one grea hela: at Cabin epee) 


‘thee west wee bald oc Comenmdl, ip cana nf gay fedker"t sid 
ounastewiins;: the acai way nt Point Pies, and Os 
ietesding ome: ot Indion anal ke Garicneatenty. at. 
‘ese wectllaws thectantiy Soller this gotse ail Ged, ide - 

sith) ter actey,. Thsremegee which quensslyaiy opened 
i Ghine astiogs Ren asinily sublime, aed x gascuyt 


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364 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


terror seemed to have pervaded the minds of all pm 
within the reach of their influences. — 

The great geneval ecimp meeting was held at Cane Ridge 
meetine-house. Chis house was cuit for my father, and 
here was my old aome. I have elsewhere described this 
mecting, or, rather, attempted to do so. Languaye is 
utierly impuissan’ to convey any thine like an adequate 
idea of the sublimity aad grandeur of the seene, ‘Twenty 
thousand persons tossed to and fro, ike the tumultuous 
waves of the sea in a storm, or swept down like the trees 
of the foresi under the blast of the wild tornade, was a 
sight which mine own eyes witnessed, but which neither 
my pen nor tongue can deseribe. 

During the reli gious exercises within the encampment, 
wll manner of wickedness was going on without. So deep 
and awful is man’s depravity, that he will sport while the 
very tires of perdition are kindling around him. Men, 
furious | with the eflects of the maddening bowl, would 
outrage all decency by their conduct; and some, mowited 
on horses, would vide at full speed amon s the people. 1 
saw one, who seemed to be a leader and cheaupion of the 
party, on a large, white horse, ride furiously into the pray- 
ing cirele, uttering the most horrii impreestions. Sud- 
denly, as if smitten by lightning, he fell from his horse. 
At this a shout went up trom the religious muitiiude, as if 
Lucifer himself had fallen. L urembled, for I] teared Gad 
had killed the bold and daring blasphemer. He extibived 
ho signs whatever of life: his limbs were rigid, his wrists 
pulseless, and bis breath gone, Several om his comrades 
came to see him, out they did pet gaze long uli the power 
of God came upoa ihem, and they fell like men slain in 
battle. Twas mech alarmed, bui-l had a great desire to 
see the issue, T watched him closely, while for thirty 
hours he Jay, to sli human appearaner, dead. During 

nistime the peopie kept up singing and praying. At last 


ii ai ie a eRe a cae 


= Mevegication ais ail Tite, tap der wees fariel <pien, 
° i “eke ace ae if hewere if @ eonralsive 1%, atended 


F 
; 


ees, te he were passitig: Abrotigh. tne 
yy. [twee medion, boweper, (Ol daa son 
iaoeat sel attedag ts tate ae come Wwete 


: SEA CESS Re EN Lhe 


a tae iee cron) whieh everspretul, his Toate, gore 
‘ — emile, whieh. Ughied wp his exiaienanee. 


» Seartain Tir. P., aectanpanied bp a lody from Leadag- 


fan, ws attweed, oct af mem emriositp, 02 attend the 
taunt ether hed, heerd mowed ation the involuntary 
el Gtieg which atecdel the-aearemee, thoy 
‘eeaeoed Guta. mi egricment -bevmeer, themawlyes Gund, 
shonid ties: of. thn ke thes. armagely wtachod or til, 
Seether wee he ett Ley fr te art. Towns cet Ina Ol 


Ripe skadyr ons Speman} a oe 


Sh ‘fetes her fired, Thee Dastor, 
mi her pelea S teat, ales thee pitise Se Soan. 


: p naira pals and, staxguring a few dgpees, he 
— Aiementh: thee power of the same huvicible dram Aker 
“peice for camo tino in this sete, duey hoth ottainad 


proies wel pees and want rejeicing hemm.. Meee ted 
Ywudl road! diet demyy Carlexions, Thoisaade wert afinotad 
ipakineniss ae. 

( Titet-oamp maetings sopsueind fox some Ahnen, Whe 
Sibi oe Nothediats malting bogies ac ome 
Giae: aatgont the «Leth. Come aitalbtem. had enrate 
Gaeiaie -mashenkog tha dhinmenter af thet avodk: but he 

rien demeneivetod ty tho tad: Mas.wh-ake 
nic haaiorem Reese mh Salers hots wore Yeats peey 
eons, tod w whole Wie af vate aulongnanils 2voge 
tines te oth emo, <a ge bit Matis the eal 
hoo aalinaly atemnge. Soang it! the paonlhenitise Inad kien 
ack ee 
Sarasa aR aoe,” Alpe 


506 AUTORIGG RAPS oF ! 


These meetings exhibited nothing to the spectator wa- 
acquainted with them but a seene of confusion, sweh as 
seareely could be put into human language. They wore 
generally opened with a sermon or exhortation, at the 
close of which there would be a universal ery for merey, 
some bursing forth in loud ejaculations of prayer m 
thauksciving for the trath: some breaking forth in strong 
and powerful exhortitions, others flying to their careless 
friends with tears of compassion, entreating them te fy to 
Christ for merey > some, struck wich terror and conviction, 
hastening through the crowd to escape, or pulling away 
from their relutions, others trembling, weeping, erying for 
merey > some falling and swooning away, fil every ap- 
penance of life was gone and the extremities of the body 
assumed the coldness of death. These were surrounded 
with a company of the pieus, singing melodious songs 
adaped to the time, and praving for their conversion, 
But there were others collected in circles rownd this vari- 
egited seene, contending for and against the work. 

Many cireumstances transpired that are worthy of note 
in reference to this work, Children were often made the 
instraments through whieh the Lord wrought. At one 
of these powerful displays ef Divine power, a boy abort 
ten years ol lL broke from the stand in time of preaching 
vader very strong impressions, and having mounted a 
log at some distunee, and raising his votee in a mest 
affecting manner. cried out, “On the last day of the fomst 
Jesus stood aud cried, If any man thirst, let him come 
unto me wold drink.’ He attracted the main body of the 
congregation, and, with streaming eves, he warned the 
sinners of their danger, denouncing their doom, iW they 
persevered im sin, and strongly expressed his love forthe 
salvation of their souls, and the desire thet they would 
turn to God and live By this time the press was se great 
that he was teken up by two men and held above the 


ee ne ae 


ie =i ~~" a ea oe Pe ee ee TL Pe ees . Py << 


BBY. PARE 8. Piseg x. cing 


: ers: le apne for qeiay ns beer wilh Yank ona vines 
a tes bibs jaoyirat ouly tao. lowe ; ond 
a cheneted; ced femeytiidgn Yatiad to Henrie Sas feet 
| ing Hewes, kor hinchonthenchiot, aud deopying 
aed Thus, () deat, wih gem deo ipo tall nade 
me Cherie ene see wot Ginn to God" Ai sde moment 
ee aon ob thed dollapen the xeeambbec amd aiigore toll 
; dian, hain dew: ii aity baidhs, aan tee atlas tor mercy 
- eommel ao Qeagh ther wool? ond the huaveus ood abe 
eam ee 
idpesies i i: 
aco ae fey ko give eemmathing’ im referqucw te the 
aiken vette oninciew'al mind of thurs wee were whe 
emlgaaie of this werk, - Iemadintaly bolors they taxman 
totaly pewranless, hay rere somelioms eetaed with m. paii- 
onitgaienycudt oti gare somonl pletried sutebe: da 
lies miei taline. Méa. aad. women moot dell at 
mndincabin ching ‘ametalea ti thay Lacdmmyaghatwstad. 
dies waste bo mind, amd: xek tod the Mor ef Reser 
ned Koti omvetes: with companiene., Others weine 
septs speck. “Tie pulzs bookens work, ond they drew 
seins heath abows onee o saaase, ~ Ta ime inetqeets 
they Aeoeoss- cold. Rresibing, palsstion, sud all tiga tf 
Vitis. Grapes west for homes; -yot 1 never honed! of queen 
adda tie coogi, and, l bare aim eerced with. parascs 
malyeeboise. bales: in se oeeton far wnany house, age thar 
Rievamptionaky isco’ that Ur bud ao hedily pain. ane 
— ihe gotive now-odrthely tonaon and powers. 
oS yom Ug ah wppunee that Ghat, bling wan 
pre trae hinting we @ Kemrage wheelion.. Tndeat, 
hip aetgs cork wapenine ta kane taken every pools 
eter tehalhe che-conjewinees wot phiieaoybining of thoes 
cata were aw iling 2. aelmowiodgs Raves. the woul’ at 
Gide, <Pexnre hove Bilas og Giein war Noro. Seem: ma 
 tigrscme.atin thee iad waimcak-od, inom, ofpers gecgemaiem 


— > ff ee” 2 eee ee 
2, ee 


368 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


their common business on their farms, and others when 
they were attending to family or secret: devotions. Num- 
bers of thoughtless, careless sinners have fallen as sud- 
denly as if struck by lightning. Professed infidels, and 
other vieious characters, have been arrested, and some- 
times at the very moment when they were uttering their 
blasphemies against God and the work, and have, like 
Saul, declared that to be God’s work which they so vehe- 
mently persecuied, 

L trust I have said enough on this subject to enable my 
readers to judse how far the charge of enthusiasm and 
delusion is applicable to this work, unequaled for power 
and for the entire change of the hearts and lives of so 
many thousands of men and women. Lord Lyttleton, in 
his letter on the conversion of St. Paul, observes, and L 
think justly, that enthusiasm is a vain, self-righteous 
spirit, swelled with selisufficieney and disposed to glory 
in its religious attainments. If this be a good definition, 
there was as Tittle enthusiasm in this work as any other. 
Never were there more genuine marks of that humility 
which disclaims the inerits of its own works, and looks to 
the Lord Jesus Christ as the only way of acceptance with 
Cel. Christ was all and in all in their exereises and 
religion, and their Gospel, and all believers in their high- 
ext attainments seemed most sensible of their entire de- 
pendence upon Divine grace; and it was truly affecting to 
hear with what anxiety awakened sinners inquired for 
Christ as the only Physician who could give them help. 
“hose who eall this enthusiiem ought to tell us what they 
undersiand by the spirit ef Christianity. Upon the whole, 
this revival in the west was the most extraordinary that 
ever visited the Church of Christ, and was peeuliarly 
adapted to the circumstances of the country.  Intidelity 
Was triumphant, and retigien at the point of expiring. 
Something of an extravrdinary nature was necessary to 


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O10 AUTORIOGRAPRY oF 


without influence, and mech perseeuted 5 Biel swab 
standing, they lifted up their voiee, 

Tt was at this juncture, and under these Sac 
that it pleased the Lord te look down upon the western 
country. Man’s extremity was God's opportunity, and 
the wonderful manifestation of Divine power swept away 
antinomianism, and infidelity, and every refuge of lies, 
There were some ia the Presbyterian Chureh who did not 
preach a partial Gospel, but who litted up their voice like 
a trumpet, and invited all to come to Jesus for salvation, 
assuring them that he died tor (all. Of this number was 
that man of God, Carey Allen. As a missionary he was 
‘a flame of fire,’ and thousands were awakened under 
his fervent, soul-stirring appeals. 

Not long afier the revival commenced, several of the 
Presbyterian ministers renounced Calvinism, and being 
persecuted by their brethren, they left the Chureh, and 
organized a new Presbytery, which was exlled the Spring- 
field Presbytery. As is often the case with those who 
separate from the Church beeause they judge it needs ref- 
ormation in doctrine or diseipline, so these brethren, un- 
fortunately, did not step Ge media res, but rushed to an- 
other extreme. ‘They ran into gross errors and heresies, 
as was seen in their apology for renouncing the jurisdie- 
tion of the Synod, the traet on the atonement by Mr. 
Stone, in PO04, and their sermons. | Methodists and Pres- 
byterians both saw that an enemy had come ing and was 
sewing teres broadeast over the field, and they retired to 
their own stands, and defended their own doctrines. 

The party which had separated were styled Newlights, 
but they have subsequently taken the name of Christian, 
In Jane, 1804, these preachers dissolved their Presbytery, 
and drew wp a very curious paper, which they signed, en- 
titled The dist Will and Testament of the Springfield 
Presbytery.’ Of the six ministers who signed this 


a, Pee ok ee re ee an ee ee 
ata r< i te - Pa ital 


arene RRP. CANES WEES. ovd 
ROR tee oe back: deities WPissbyserian Obmarh, thine 
2, ate 4, and opi the Campbells, Day gub- 
eae Walled Go ithe west, : is She paper ohoue alluded) tx, thaie 
pallet? at, tar odiae words, thelr aem-alef.niim they 18- 
ss Aicemipd Wi wende, confeerions of faich- apd-ateadeeds of 

Say te enced ont one iets ames te 


ee Aad et these ministers Jeera wry wahiod-imstes ja 

| pine Cages tad I. told a: Wendy nieweet or Shove: so neck 
etgtathe wader wil Ted, be the yelation of ray snlagious 
Wis, given: ie the preceding: pagse, 1 wept ta their cams 
tae pe creck tv join thew, ee persona) and 
seiditiitaicnd teterciaw wish oub-of tha proeshere. forme 
OR aravnmnie at my father's geadeeny, J Merned that abey 
id ese eeTierwe his the davivine of the Tviaity, nar wits) 
7 norte the Rdomemank, ae, bold fx onthvadow 
ie Bedest Dowd Parwiekes, te, Bas lia seer 
ort a al pooch the dowirines of the Nowlignd 
ie asiey épresd: and promdiad:. “Phe wadly avithec 
| wers gost shepiite! on the eabyeet -of: relig- 
BiH - The sore inflcemtial slizsos of sitigeis were infil 
tai outer, wad they libored to bing ab am then views, 
Sf saosmngliely their wishes mare fally, they employing ap 
Gagtichmen’ wa ivke-change of dhsit soumisary-oh lemming 
ti Eeaingion.” ‘ie Bad an extensiee Whrary,cod, fowan Bis 


ti, “Shaited a gress la@vawee iq eoulety. 7 Bub 
dete priusipel of the teutinery wee adected SME 
tary tf State. The Gerernat, Mir, Gari, wee « cele 
lcestl Beptier presser. ind: a postinm~ of: angak 
te cod tefvened:. wad ner long fii tne Soe 
¥ succeeded i conrepMig the Moremer io bic Pith? 
ie, halving accomplished. a teak oo desimnbis to tie init 
Wl Pitty, Be next Tilagi ats & gee the Goreme to pein: 
“Hh OGteot ow ie dese of the Frintiy. This meade ~ 


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a7 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


considerable noise, In 1662 the Rev. Augustin Easton 
and Governor Garrard commenced a meeting on Cooper's 
ran. in Bourbon county. Here they proclaimed publicly 
the Arian and Soeimian doctrines. The wavering sepi- 
ratists were exeited and encouraged wonderfully by this 
mevement, as ts evident from their own confession and 
subsequent course. These unfortunate people—New- 
lighis—from the time they first began to preach their 
doctrines, were beset in their meetings with those wild ex- 
ereises that have been alluded to. See Benediet’s History 
of Baptist Church, vol. ii, p. 252. 

These strange exercises that have excited so much 
wonder in the western country came in toward the Jast 
of the revival, and were, in the estimation of some of the 
more pious. the chaff ef the work. Now it was that the 
humiluuting and often disvusting exercises of dancing, 
Inuching, jerking, barking like dogs, or howling like 
wolves, and rolling on the ground, manifested themselves, 
To add to their misfortune, being ripe for such a catwer 
trephe, a company of Shakers from New York found their 
way among them, and proselyted their most talented and 
useful preacher and not a few of their members. These 
fanatics for a season went on with a tremendous influence, 
threatening to sweep all before them. But they, like all 
ether wild and visionary people, had their day. 

If the reader should desire to find what the Hew: 
lights, or Christians, tereh, he will best obtain it from 
their own works. To refer the reader to Barton Stone’s 
exposition, In pamphiet form. 

The wild vagaries adopted by the Newlight peeadanie 
of Kentueky prepared them to gulp down all the ridieu- 
lous tenets of Shakerism, and this produced a general 
ckepticism in that state, that, I fear, will not he done 
away for generations, Ti may seem strange that all 
grades of Arians and Socinians have adepted immersion 


i eo oe eee ea. To 
ce ah) ee ee, Pet ay Ae em Tne Gee ee ee 


Poa yi iea 1h ERP. JAMES KR. TIVE. 27% 
eo: 6 Aheloy tage of bapitem, and regard Tham oanstituting 
: Tien 

Te ewe fetes that Pallewnd dais great ceviead wore 

| Say und & deemed ag if Biion bad tahow advantage of 
thy hesitant to dive the hewiiered tate davkness anc 
7 ii inte weer sad tolls, The Slickers die off 
- be we with Chem, Bidar iclmes ress ae with his ¢i- 
- gros, ahd eluted wai in quest ol the Bisiy Land. Ae 

Wal we se tillowers, and, attra wandering phums for can 
aOR cat om land In the Missiatipel viene, sudhtiie 
Woes Reached, Bider Pornam, alex socdher thavetin, 
sl bo here vewkved the apiris al immodinis inept 
Hii, sik ved a party aulled the “seraamnimay obits 
Brum Stet flowslsbing for me aimson, tie aeanesattiog 
Grain may. ‘Bunt ame ob. Bantent dued hie tweloo 

wee. Tt wes spread, cree the cunguaey 

tee ‘be wis Gnapied and woavursed with angels daily, 

on he racciwed rewelations.  Tivea: Elias Dheks, 

» 1H Qe, cspemxed Arianian, aml split the (Quaker 

| ey ceafasiens and schism every-where 
Ves Frianits. 

‘Lest, fut cet least in Yho tralia of evils, come Knheoll 
-  gitip the Inet edition of Wutrersdion. He Sought that 
Since wen no tall, no devil, ino Rebar jedgsmned ¢ shtide 
Was Treprontile er any ano to onan omy oviant i: thdy 
MMe that woul? yeedhly shat idi outa heaven: thew al 
aoeille we Bowel eniar of ones tale the heowmmby sia, amd 
keg Biggar wit Gnd forever: wi auatier how thay Lent 
ster helacale 


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2i4 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


CHAPTER ASH, 


NARRATIVE: CONTIRTED. 


LE coxtixvep at the Wyandott mission tll the fall ef | 
1607, having been envaged in the work of this mission 
fora period of five years. The reader will see that when 
T visited that nation there were but few who professed 
Christianity, and none who were members of the Church 
and regular observers of its ordinances. From a small 
Chureh organization, which [owas enabled to cffeet, the 
seciety gradually increased dll its numbers amounted to 
two hundred and sixty, and these were divided into 
classes, For aa account of the condition and prospects 
of the mission just before T was eailed away from it, T_ 
refer the reader to the report of Judge Leib to the Seere- 
tary ot War, which was made to the Government in 1026, 
as found in the © History of the Wyandott Mission,” pp, 
BH7, S68. 

At the conference of 1627 Twas appointed to the Leb- 
anon district, where T labored two years, and at the end 
of whieh time T was sent to Cincinnati station. The Rad- 
ieal secession had teken place wider the administration of 
inv predecessor, the Rev. John F. Wright, and Cincinnati 
was any thing else but a desirable appointment, After 
remaining in the statton twe years, 1 was placed upon the 
district, and after remaining two years, was returned to 
the station, and the Rev. Thomas A. Morris suceeeded me 
on the distriet. In the mean time, brother Morris being 
appointed editor of the Western Christian Advocate, I 
was again placed on the district. 


Pe A eS Ce Neem) ty ee eee 


OUT. FARMS DB. IR LET, oe 


en thie, aay mpainicd to Ohlicethe Satie, stun 
fumibed. dawn year, a the. wxplration of whisk thee J 
Sag sont he the Lohanon divtric, where 1 remained thawe 
Pe _- Mp nese appolmiment was Dayton diswiet, where 
Bears - fhaidonts around duricg my labors ‘og “these 
 opeepititive folds: Tmt it would. lie impaasiisle to telete 
em, agit weak onouny eminuly too mmel space. 

Dawe jag try labors og the Dayton diswiet an ineelent 
oocmed whink I samst-relain, hanaase, i is dit ky the 
A on pene an mcnonat nt Ht that ih sowie 


‘Sines complating my hat tend al Diouae 
eorme winging vp the ishorm of a very tollaomes 
Soageay iniched.my werk i] -E-ong wnt 

Pe Rabie aia re Rca is 


fewe pene my Peat that L some rails adm its 
penn. Teng thing that Med astention and inedionl abjit 
%. Bagh Heeger’; wana wcoried, tm, in savesh ita rewngaes bad 
beh stm a, wie, 8 my Tife was: deanared of. Gy she 
Rigs, th She OF entre “imeeuoiiilie Go" ah 

- giiqund at, soliens be buon oy it bape bad dennetayt, amd 

mag gpeeping Pesmaly ont treads were sanding aromed mp 
Riek sealing te coe sas bipaths. way lect, ae etammadl. te tings 
 aeaetas Poaaabanrisdaecd anes IS enspe to.sup 
| ao the anlinas. nad moot calvary tina, whieh Salt 
ise sgh aawtic:on yay.aar, ead,“ T hewe tome to stm, 
ieee. ts.ancthar, stone aod place ef ovleinnoa,” +a ms 
jnmignd < seemad, ‘2 ring, and, goutiy tnarms log a7 sonygnd 
T.Sovtad ons upon sha salient. afer Boom emevin 

et Jost la he Motites, 094 gucwad we cm evar aida, 
bee. rondt ad light aad elegy. hy, om, ogrey, itp 
tem world,  lemiaate wpelila, ag, iar epecd oath clay 


s 


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ato AUTORIOGRAPILY OF | 


velocity of thought, At length we reached the gates of 
paradise; and O, the transporting scenes that fell upon 
my vision as the emerald portals, wide and high, rolled 
back upon their golden hinges! Then, in its fullest 
extent, did L realize the invocation of the poet: 7 
“Parst, ve emerald gates, and bring 
Tomy raptured vision 
All the eestatie joys that spring 
Round the bright Mivsian.” 


Language, however, is inadequate to describe what 
chen, with unvailed eyes, | saw. The vision is indelibly 
pictured on my heart. Before me, spread out in beauty, 
was a broad sheet of water, clear as erystal, not a single 
ripple on its surface, and its purity and clearness inde- 
scribable, On each side of this lake, or river, rose up the 
most tll and beautiful trees, covered with all manner of 
fruits and flowers, the brilliant hues of which were re- 
flected in the bosom of the placid river, 

While I stood gazins with joy and rapture at the scene, 
a convey of angels was seen floating in the pure ether of 
that world. They all had long wings, and, althowsh they 
went with the greatest rapidity, yet their wings were 
folded close by their side. While [ eazed [asked my 
guide who they were, and what their mission. To this he 
responded, “They are angels, dispatched to the world 
from whence yeu came on an errand of merey.? TE eould 
hear strains of the most entrancine melody all around me, 
but no one was discoverable but my guide. At length L 
said, “ Will it be possible for me to have a sight of some 
of the just made perfect in glory 2° Just then there came 
before us three persons; one had the appearance of a 
male, the other a female, and the third an infant. The 
appearance of the first two was somewhat similar to the 
angels T saw, with the exeeption that they had erowns 
upon their heads of the purest yellow, snd harps in their 


EBS. £AMES te, POT et 


| ts Thiet eh we a a Ai were 
ssihite. “hen coumtonmss were lightot sp 


5 Ail iespnadig uiblinets and they satel upon me wih 
Hees orwctnwon 


There was nothing with whieh: the blessed babe or 


; LY cout be compared. Tp seemed to be about three 


. 


| Pts wings. whieh were long amd most beauti- 


ie tal 7 eee With all the oslers af the rinbow, [ts 


diese semmed to be of the wikineet silk wxtared with tha 


wee howe, The driven snow eendd met exmmedd it 


fates ur purity: Ts fen was all sodiont with ghory j 
per cats ade plape acound my heer DT geecd-and 
ighishedl with vreoeuter ween this beavenly chil. Ab longile 
Ua 1? 2 hese te return to-cagth, doom whenes | cam, 
T aiiwaht love te tke sibs child with ime, and show 42 im 


vl eet ale aoather near weer shoe ehtieoan 


| How wang wuntlwes ot marth, “Mathinks, when thep-soe 


a Tey a” Be hated wal by coreg eat Mie deste 
Heat, Went Taide agresp ab thes brighs cit beat 

Sn stos, Menisieg to Sans it ia may arias, fea’ i eluded: my 
atu? plusged fete the river aif Hi, Span i one wp 

i REwetsre, vnd as ike drape fell Gone tes aapandeay 
Witigh; hay woregcd ithe diegaemds, ae hrightly Gd they 
:  Dirketiag ie eomres io the ethan eoie, sealew 
Re A ee of the toganest beawthen of one of Who's Sele 
tenet, DQG a ook of mas oonaples swevteen 16 gran 
iiite sie, oot this amometiced Singlig in hanwan'a own 
SM Bim chat hath ieied. ge, amd xsxhod. ane 
‘rem, ap site ih Ne-ewn Bieodly vo thine by ghaey beth enw 
WA anteeer, ~ Ammen.” — abs tet scent tee peter ad cher 
Solna ied wore wpa wit, aed Te depres to. ahomk, svh, 
glopping sy lence, 1 epreng Unie my bad, md wie Lasdlel 
ha temaisitly as tive Toate rac Se Roonsishid yoda ofl Aas 
tools, whe “eset alka aim oagig, amd gendaton 
Red? Coeswhelvacd with the gly I saw snd tel, lf 

So: 


Cay ae eae” ee ee Ee ee Cae. te eee eee ee eee se 


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375 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


could not cease praising God. The next Sabbath I went — 
to camp meeting, filled with the love and power of God. 
There Ltold the listening thousands what saw and felt, 
and what (rod had done for me, and loud were the shouts 
or glory that reverberated through the forests. 

Though vears have rolled away since that bright, happy 
hour, vet the same holy tame is burning in my heart, and 
T retain the same glorious victory. “Hallelujah! for the 
Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” 

Beiny entirely restored to health, T went to conference, 
end was sent on the Zanesville district. Here, after many 
years, L returned to the same place from whenee PE started 
as from a pvint to travel round my first cireuit. Old 
brother Spangler, whose hospitalitics I first, and often sub- 
sequently, enjoyed, has long since left us, and 1 trust is 
now in heaven. Some of his family remain. David 
Spanvler, Esq, a talented lawyer, resides in Coshocton, 
He was always a stanch friend of his father’s people; 
and the same may be said of Isase Spangler, a distin- 
gaished physician of Zanesville. Several of the daugh- 
ters were Methodists, and perhaps are living sdll. Then 
Methodism was small and feeble, but Jaeob has arisen and 
become strong. This city has some of the firmest Meth- 
odisis: Moorehead, and Millis, and Howard, and the 
Coxes, Brush, and others, are an honor to any Church. 
Long may they live to honor God and Methodism ! 

T remained on the Zanesville district two years, and, 
at the request of the direetors of the Ohio penitentiary, 
Was appointed chaplain to that institution, where [ re- 
mained three years and a half A full aecount of my 
labors in that imstitution the reader will find in ** Prison 
fife.” 

In 1850, my health being feeble, took a superannuated 
relation, in hopes that rest would prepare me again for 
aetive service, 


WERE. SAAS i. LISLE T Fea | 


vier Tne make etal, aad opgodtod te 
Fallow Sorina. Again ¥ took resi tor eatin gone, and 

Oe Oke ee WY gh Lhave chmnge of Chatcn- 

went Thasch, Crainadtl, 

‘ Te tho your 105 the Wyatott netind, sho T adopted 

| ae it, apd Whe. sonstitiiad me & ehint of ane of 

a * gore remgvred ba Ha tition Sey heyoud 


‘Wiminstpss. 
Th is g melanckely retlestion, that ll those powerful 
teins whieh wuné inhabived chose plains, summing at tree 
distg, Wiese we pir iwside, aad who sped with their light 
Renens ost the anifacs of ome vivers, the moawehs of all 
Gheg somveped, have now no elaien whsiayen oven oo. the 
green of their inthera, A wh and Gemal- ive peas 
_, Tipe het, rex im theabe nadine lend Shey are gapidy fad- 

wag briesth die gage of thw palo Taos. 
We Tathavine Walker, thi aniinbhls and talented wile 
of cath ao, W. Walken hax written aoaie bemytital 
Utes cod by the remove: of tha Wrendatis: vod 
: Sse tha they wil be interpeting to my readers, T sub- 
soft rade Thoy are thus apprepriniady instodummd by ihe 


= ao 


SS Details thaughts teirenie apcm thaws pleasing ve- 
Gastingn of the pis Many of thor vaierem -werior, 
‘faint Tatisanae neldiere.of the exces, Rave San called by the 
Begone of thes valveden, to Une down their azmne in the 
| Biivloton wayisre; and go fo Same yest which aus atae Jor 
RH poeple, grivered thom wrevy nation, duadred, tongee, 
ieee 3 Pintthe yomnsat af feather ond. chilean 


‘abiehy thay teh. behest, and with whom. they endlered and 
smicoiped bam, whare art thert Thay bed cosnfortadls 
yotees and Yettily lands, sid were svjoring all the bie 
‘igs of the Goopel in: steiNned Wifes but the white mean 
neetied thde poccsniana, ted Chey west go to thes Eto 
teen lke, again ta be eaggpond. 55 all Une Lataptations 


ee oo 


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580 “AUTORIOGRAPHY OF 


and trials incident to savage life. May the God of ms 
sions be with them! ; 
“Go, fated Indian, to the farthest verge 
Of earth’s remotest shore; 
There let the nizht-bird sing thy dirge, 
When thy weary wandering’s oer. 


Go sit upon the ocean’s brink, 
And in its solemn moan, 

Fit music for thy broken heart, 
Foret thy distant home. 


But the white man’s foot is on thy track, 
As the Ilood-hound seeks the hare; 

Then arise, and scale some barren rock, 
For the white man will not spare. 


Go dwell upon some crazy peak, 
Where the eagle makes her nest, 

And eternal snows are drifting down— 
There thy weary foot may rest. 


Away from where thy kindred sleep, 

Beneath a frigid sky; ; 
Where the wintery blast will treeze thy tears 

There lay thee down and die. 


Cast nota look te thy native land, 
But to that blissful shore, 

Where oppression’s sigh is never heard, 
And thou shalt weep uo more.” 


BBY. tse Bo PIS LY. es 


mv ve 
see ae} ‘ 


__ Boos - ouarTyR Exit, 
oe pisuor ASEVRT, LE FAVE GR oF 


We mar AMBRIOCAS MRtRODIEM. 


NB the Haven of 1971 Peines deerby, efitrn ver age 
nd Sah apenthae iin groring: bt Atlas, added on om 
aligtece Bie pilose of dcharkavion aed hiladeiphid. Tne 
enenitin wader od Methodism, ebe had slrandy toca 
ferg-om a witeden, bed dad veturacd without having a. 
acppliiiaate to any grest ante, dhe objects for twhniel dee 
“aninars nan whee eel) Hic We heart wirred withig bier te 
fe wails ol he Dinethinwn ie thie Sere, woeeere 
"apes. onelio- a gall Sor Fabentcess at dhp- andes fn 
Lcigall Tiss well wae mepouded toby Fvanse dahany. 
+ Ties? Podidones hick baa ever prealded sere ap 
‘Glteet perbope wee norer dwaniiexiwd mam elenally, on 
fa? er Matnodiom ta Ameria & command’, thu io the 
 gpieatihon at Chak Bee, ad om agent whose poenliar fiteers 
fay tio shes; of cogaeizing, giving dipeiiee, sar imepanting 
"Steele ae agua ne | cae oe 
ek oe ere wae eg. aniriad. Ege 
L conti milous weining, wader the wanrdiaaally of mm plies 
m4 matter, Me wines maanory ioe piv a sisted aiiaioy mand 
, ie teen, dw pow of Witer BGs at rpioy whisk 
” bilagr oo aresattadly inte the ghia ok atl spew pranibases 
im Gisotinn cumrncter, adettently qaclied: Mar. fer. dip 
nasil sega wie tho. mama babi a embeds? Aen eas tom 
Atos mers, thet, tey aaa, her ee Ohisred ox etatng 
ee ee ee 
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1 


Ds2 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


Young Asbury was carly inspired with religions emo 
lions, and his youthful mind was imbued with religious 
principles ere he had passed the first deeade of his lite, 
His autobiography informs us that he was a diligent stu- 
dent of the Bible at seven years of age. The brutality 
of his schoolmaster, thouzh it drove him from. school, 
had the effect of drivine him to God in prayer and of in- 
creasing his love tor the Seriptures, thus exemplifying the 
truth that the wrath of man sometimes works out the 
purposes of God. At the age of fourteen he was awnk- 
enened under the sermon of a Methodist preacher, to 
whose meeting he was directed by his mother. In regard 
to this mecting he says, IT soon found it was not ‘the 
Church? but it was betier, The people were so de- 


vout—men and women knecling down, saying amen. 


Now, behold! they were singing hymns. Sweet sound! 
Why, strange to tell, the preacher had no prayer-book ; 
and yet he prayed wonderfully! What was yet more ex- 
traotdinary, the men too. his text and had no sermen- 
book. Thought 1. this is wonderful indeed! It is cer- 
tainly a strange way, but the best way.” 

To a vreat degree, a cold, heartless, and Christless the- 
ology characterized the sermons of “the Chureh’* at that 
day. In the providence of Gred, through the instrument. 
ality of Methodism, a warm spiritval life was infused into 
these dead forms, and awakening power roused them into 
action, No sooner had he felt the power of regenerating 
grace, and had come up to the possession of that teonfi- 
dence aml assurance in Christ’? of which be heard the 
Methodist preacher speak, and which appeared to him, at 
that time, wholly inexplieable, if not a species of fami 
cism unwarraned by the Bible, than he felt an irrepress- 
ible desire to communieste the glad and joyous imtetl- 
genee to others. Ner was i long till, at his father’s 
howe, le held ameecting, and poured out the treasures 


“a. 


74. 


ies ten: he eons Gl Limase avo were 

pal et aig. soa 2 heed ae nem ier teu) 

er a pa retinee tink Tyee ed aA hoes, 
} 


A TRS TS, TORE NY pemeR WWMM Cas 
Wiring Tae thi te ine tines. oyory Work, 
he lad reached hie waperbe Re gare mee mp 
hy ane faliy to Tool coe ie aetarigs © Aeris Eas 
it hee heart shpat kre waa: Aarne, 
i hott of coelant And wires’ prayer Naat 


Lie? aileretavivaeth . Atm ies aN Spee, ch mal Shines writ 


ee FO ey ie, OF I mw aie 

eh is ea yeti ho aientiay, Khe tae 
a ‘ mp rece, eek, ms Dre-satys Pye 
' we i Wes oi 


' Gy pert a Aa, ff ‘ i 1 ra he i ‘ee mh? 
cay Fer ALE Bem Chios ea eee Mamie ag . 
Ussea im, Sie UTES ace ay Wy : 

\ i Mites het Dare Wet Jem 


384 AUTOBIOGRAPHY 


brethren, and hailed as a colaborer in the srea 
an untiring geal he added the most consuinulaie prudence, 
He was a Methodist both in spirit and practice, 

for his own government a most rigid method, by which he 
divided his time between prayer, study, preaching, travel- 
ins. and even extended his regime to eating and sleeping, 
and labored to impress upon preachers and members all 
the peeniiarities so important to Methodist economy. He 
had not been long in this country till he received a letter 
from Mr. Wesdey, eppointing him general assistant of the 
work. This honor he received with a meckness charac- 
teristic of the man. The Chureh was then small and 
feeble, and Methodism was a term of reproach: bur still 
it was an honor to have the leadership of that Tittle and 
despised band. The motives to ambition which now exist 
were not then to be found. To travel from thirty to forty 
miles x day in rain or snow, over rough roads, on horse- 
back, and preach twice or thrice, sometimes without food, 
and at night find shelter in a Jog-cabin or a barn, or fre- 
quently in tbe wilderness without any shelter, did not 
offer many inducements te aspirants for episcopal Lonors, 
There was then ne “eollege of bishops,” whose support 
was secured by amammoth Book Coneern and Chartered 
Fund, and who contd ina few days reach their most dis- 
ian? appointments on velvet cushions, in ears supported 
by gutta percha springs, or in floating palaces, which 
plowed the deep at the rate of twenty knots an hour, 
Notwithstanding all this, hawever. we are thankful—truly 
thankinJ—hat there has been » change, and, above all, 
that Methodism bas hept pace with the mighty progress 
of this enterprisins wae. Tt is with a spirit of admiration. 


that we can look up te those venerable and holy men, seas P 


occupy the bench of bishops, with the most hap liett eonti- 
dence in thelr piety and fdeliew and with a certain knew) 
edge of the fae! that their offiee is no sinecure, but one 


4 


ones cet aad menaives af the hands of the prosendt 
Atte m guenter neaonat. of arlieuntiting devotion 
Shock of ange wchists offen} iv Church ov state. 
mi We Taledee, tomy, that we have ao Boak Cokecrn<—a, 
Usooern, 2 dre reader please taking rank with 
mi Couscen i the country, and larger. by far, 
Pa iy canoe. Chareh establishment. 
he ~~ VAT. in company wich De Coke and others, Asbury 
; «e consuiod in regard to the propriety of erganigicg the 
it independant Metheulies Kpiscopal Church, 
gouts, eviaes, aul dosnoys. Io regerd tm 
piuyse aessara his reply waa °Tt the preanhers 
wabantencely choses ma, E shall not ant in. the expeaiap d 
heen kitherto oan hy Mr. Weeles’s syooiatinens’* The 
resale 6 St comvercation was the wall of a General wan- 
regal Seung Baltimore tee ensuing Christmas. At 
Be, ve fie Aad Dar, Coks enue ananiemoutly caged. 


Hohe cupenstendeney, THE this time Ashary wos an un 
wndained minister, aud as the Church lad new tuken a 
sapere exatemen, Th wis necessary: he shonld mocive 
eles ie the purpose of perpetuating the wialetry aml 
ai oomiorring wpom thors who guve evidenat of 2 sali anal 
spackGiettion te prsash the Gospel tho aatherity ts aduiim 
ietey the. gatroments. Accordingly, Tis, Coke being a 
pangs of ihe Cheh of Rerlond, ssaeied bey ivem ell 
is PRionitely. eomiarred wrom him, the orden wf ten ceng, 
mpl chien, aod ab the sanen tae, by the deposition sat 
Bite. a Bes apant, Jor ube wiles ef a wapama tinder iy 
? “the Mithadia Tyaowpal Goa, 
ee, after sceiwouce he starind ont upon hie wants, 
. temaling om hereback, in Yan jourar, five. buadgat 
"Atlee, nid Srecehing oo es way Te palaite & closings 
itersiew which bo had ia Wile Jeormar with Gegersl 
nsiingion, whe ve Thin, witha Dvediatiom, cia 
bon sepia slamery 


bs 


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Ost AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF © 


Tn that early day of the Church in this country, the 
subject of collegiate as well as academical and common 
school education was not dost sight of by the pies 
neers of Methodism. Coke was an Oxonian himself, as 
well as the founders of Methodism, and the project. of 
founding a college in this country was dear to his heart 
Although Asbury was not what is denominated a classical 
scholer, so far, at least, as the Jiterary degrees i curse 
are concerned, yet it is evident from his journal that he 
was well versed in the original language of the New Test- 
ament and possessed of a good share of critical acumen 
in pulpit exegesis, Asa lover of learning and a devoted 
student of Biblieal and theologteal literature, he readily 
sympathized with the Doctor in the enterprise of founding 
acollege, and gave it his countensnee and hearty support. 
At the laying “at the cormerstone of Cokesbury College 
at Abington, he delivered an cloquent discourse from the 
following words of the seventy-emhth Psahas @ We will not 
hide them from their chillren, shewing to the generation 
to come the praises of the Lord. and his strength, and his 
wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a 
testimony in dacob, and appointed a law in Israel, whieh 
he commanded our fathers, that they shoul! make them 
khoown to their children: that the eneration to come 
might know them, even the children whieh should be 
barn: who should arise and declare them te their chiidren: 
that they might sct their hope in God, and not forget, the 
works of Gol, but heep his commandments > and might 
hot be ns thei fathers, a stubborn and rebellions genera: 
tion? a generation that set not their heart aright, mae : 
Whose spirit was net sveadfast with God,” 

From this is could be seen that, whstever our enemies 
may say tothe eonrery, our Chureh in this country, from 
its earliest organizaion, has given unmistakable evidence 
of ber appreciation of and devotion .o the interests of 


ee. KEP. TAME HVPE. way 
‘Datta Dirtioe Wis we tus, “beware, to make 


> ean pious rave MMdhewaa banca aed bea 
evan eles; aoe ealy as deceitues ed eimextion them- 
| Siatiy bat se anemles af foarwing, aepecially of a lowed 
its, at lass Treqnenedy teen align if net meepe! 
Whe bad go other qualiicaten Wr tes mtinie 
: he sneha sce Sag With tind, Ow s 
S bu wim Adiiny visited Naw Haven, the tout-of 
“te Oolioge, The <ppomrenee af a Methodiat premcher 
, ‘pet eee etsy, aml ke tind ant stuchonue wat ao 
wey ith, tides Prechient 'Boplan apa’ they clengyteon: 
Wich he nod Baines hie Riecoures not-ome af the elergiy 
om eed fae oe Kean. This temioded Iam vl Wine. 
2S coterk to Ramin sit Etimeoe wal Gnele tape 
jit ‘all Raeeiisat BY fa wale Cslvinkis ye sald 
ale Md emeewiee Welove yo.’ Nokwitheritteg this sot 
eee, We visieed the sallegs shepol at the Sear of prapar 
and upeemed a desire lo inepect’ the Sntericr arremuye> 
a Te ee ee ee Tels id tent We Best 
Sonnet Dna tt oan the Inst thas Areibe eakfetylad “nfl. 
den peietaiers et Mo Ueope) have choles Gas enreb 
See thw eiies of Ualehadist petmahote tq Gis 
Bigot, hovterer, amyphie soutien,” apd Dey Ayre 
cheng With: (he times. Te egch conde, 
+ - Biesasok: iowa Masteadit panies Gueee ike honertile 
Ae one—enta: af atrmuggtls, well goer, ead platy, whi 
“~ Se wey addar it want ae eeltrespent, ae a lombhuny 
Gere of dighity, <0 & emesis olf ones; 30 snenvinke Wie 
Apa ant" the “aan ge Pix 


— 
Wieser Collage, Sie slik of Reni tie dinagalleal 
iy winke mepas Be, quent taeo. Sho nga beigerandl 


38s AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


beautiful boy, the pride and joy of its parent’s heart. ft 
was truly and emphatically the child of the Church. 
Bright, however, as were its prospects, and favorable as 
were the auspices under which it catered upon its career, 
yet, like the most precious things of life, often the earliest 
doomed, it was, 11 the providence of God, only allowed a 
brief destny. Though early smitten, and the Church 
was called upon to mourn over the ashes of Cokesbury 
College, yet iis spirit survised, and its metempsychosis 
may be scen in the numerous institutions of learning with 
which the Church is blessed in all parts of the country. 
While Asbury meaiifested so much interest in schools 
and colleges, he did not neglect a personal attendance 
upon the instruction of the children in families, but dili- 
gently catechised them in every house where he went. 
This important part of a Methodist preacher's duty, and 
one Which enters into the solemn injunction uf his ordina- 
tion vows, oceupied a more prominent place in the good 
Bishop's minisirations and those of the early pioneers of 


Methodism, perhaps, than of the preachers ef the present | 


day. 

Tt may be remarked that Sunday schools are vastly 
more extended, cfilcient, and systematic in their opera- 
ions now than at that period, and this may constitute the 
reason for sueh laxity in resard to the catecheticat instruc. 
tion of the children by the preacuers. This, however, 
should not be, as uo Sunday school gustruction can supply 
i's place or prove an exeuse sufiietent to jastity the shep- 
berd ti neglecting to feed the lambs of his flock. While 
on this subject we may take oceasion to remark, that 
Asbury early identified himself with the Sunday school 
canse, and that to him is jasily due the honor of having 
established the first Sunday schools in America. Io. a 
pamphiei which professes to give the origin and histery 
of Sunday schools in America, it is stated ‘that the first 


‘ 


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REV. PAMSD We POR LAY. By 


| Pistaiy eve ongasianting tx ton Wuited Gites of whisk 
ete hades hy anitheniés reseed west thee Mie Day 9% Bisa 
thy Robie! Aaclelp, witch was sateltiohed ig Piiledeipaln 
Sim ‘Wow, % ts a fant wall orttherticatad, Ivat 
mugely ewarlooked, that. Bidkop ‘Asbary orgunkted.n 
>palloal: ba Seoul: Virginia. in 1904, five wears 
ite ss te PRiladsiptie > and Bh Gy wleo a, fact tint 
“prea baere thie orgenieation the Mignies of thy von 
we dontinis the thllowhng qaesthous sad answers: 
 Picatioo, Wiad oa bé done to instruct pear chilinen, 
Sin tale: to pend, ? 
© RAsinar Tot us tebor as the kheset gai pout af mae 
‘tnstr t9 eatiblich Susdey ecbocts in of wear the phase ial 
i> wavelio: ‘List parsoke be appeimtod-by the Diehope, 
dete, dead, or preachers to leech prefie all thet will 
Ce wed hire « eapacity to lean, fram ale oteiiek: 
tin meming UM tee, and trom two oslesk it the aftoracos 
MAU, wien: 16 dass nod intavtera wih pobtle worsbin, 
ie cmitinett dhull corspite a proper achonldiondks ta mach 
‘Get tateing aod! yinty” 
| Whe sabfect of our shetcl was @ imam of moet pantie 
pitt, und while bs -wes remixed ‘Bum diary siiag ihe 
fatshermacy on te oso and, he wae teady bs goat 
Weegtis, whare inwegrity and prinsighs sare not somiey 
titted, to concifiat the eatovm of Chaat .who were fo ap 
Gyre Tiessted of hh themesives egeiievoed, aad apareit 
Be lnmor oF suctiiaes io saci al pen tee teabled wate 
ah Wectane suite. Bothing grieved hiey meet thes te 
Mieigpy axtitons? abd dikive gon ay by O Rally 
- ae Mie coaiiztecs, Ti anew tp tha etungintnts uliygail 
ape hint for ararcicing Ie eplempel seecepatics, ty 
: Uf eely teas estar a Tavis Gt 2 wengly 
ty whers be hed wavs cae all hse findieanos st uae 
; ae Sie “Phare Wile ar higve saogeh & jearacy 
See Thowmamt wie % veap, the ecze of ane Gem ane 


E90 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


hundred thousand souls, and the arrangement of about 
four hundred preachers yearly, to which 1 may add the 
murmurs and discontent of ministers and people. Who 
wants this legacy? Those who do,” he adds, “ are wel- 
come to it dor me. The Methodists acknowledve no supe- 
riority but what is founded on seniority, election, and long 
and faithful services. Por myself, 1 pity those who ean 
not distinguish between a Pope of Rome and an old, worn 
man of sixty years who has the power given him of riding 
five thousand] miles a year on horseback, at a salary of 
eighty dollars, through summer's heat and winter's cold, 

traveling in all weather, preaching in all places, his best 
covering from rain often but a blanket, the surest sharp- 
ener of his wit hunger, from fasts voluntary and invol- 
untary, his best fare for six months of the twelve coarse 
kindness, and his reward, from too many, suspicion, 
envy, and murmurings all the year round.” 

Such, however, were only oeensional shadows darken: 
ing his otherwise bright and happy pathway. Tis gen- 
eral experience may be summed up in his own words: 
“Close communion with God, holy fellowship with the 
Father and his Son Jesus Christ, a will resigned, frequent 
addresses to a throne of grace, a constant and serious 
eare for the prosperity of Zion, forethought in the ar- 
ringements and appointments of the preachers, a soul 
drawn out in ardent prayer for the universal Church, and 
the complete winmph of Christ over all the earth.” 

Asan evidenee of his sineere attachment and disintea 
estedness, it may be remarked, that he never made an 
appointment of any of the preachers either with a view to 
atfiet them or to eratify any feelings of personal preja- 
dice on the one baud, or of affection on the other, mer 
would he alow sueh imfiences irom bis eoanei to ber 
upon the appointment of any of the preachers. 

The preachers were dear to his heart, and he dail, 


MEY: SAUMS Rs FLELES. ai 


ethene tha exidactog hia peurers mod tenderact colic: 
2 Tigo. .n dsia ease toe the peeumhers might by udded the 
ie alpria tin Claasian,. Ris anreepeadnsae aod othar- 
: whew Im -enilt nod welt thaue personals, ho kept 
nel gested in peat tril the iniemsie of Zon. The 
ne =— 2 then wens naawly seasina of arent relipious 
5; catia an the wrisaeliannons brginess wae amell at 


eek pepe ley wear hie heawt; avd be wea noi 
eieied weles he wer ‘soneciows Sancta wary awakenat 
“Gade samregeed eough his intivvantalcy. nari, afer 
eving, orraled hhayd Uprough a. wesier: wildonicen, to 
woah ¢, guerteuly misting on hie was-th » tishaml confer: 
Ania, joe.2924, warenells temnpidd sk not having apen, jar 
See, Tee, ADE, direct evident, ox hig piraonal bebor im 


* omoremiiqn: of agais. Me felt joclined, te. tha elie 
: incon bed axpiced, ond he hack boktey setire from 
ie ig Se Bie Bade deproesiess af spimt ho untered the 
pins Seet s Babiaih moruing im rede log chapel i in Wag 
Saad, ast sook Me aeat, uaknopa- to any, in the back 
pach of the congregation.  dfiet the usw” prolisninery 
saprcnioes. bad beam gone thepneh with by the preacher, ao 
yao gives for the mlation of Christan, etpe- 
- Gag whee gpotier testified of the antiog wrnge 
as een oceasicastly & verse of stems hyma was aug, 
N jo’ sad tovebig maledy, ‘Tha tida of religious 
fephag yes sising sndewelling ty all beszin, while pjady 
— Meeehons plain byt exceedingly meat attire indinaled thes 
aba 74g » Mesedi. Mer roice wae full. guducjgar, 
‘thong aligh®y-tpumulons. Sina nod trevelud many tikes 
de the mesting, ant er feeling grould gotallog her. 1 
Paprise bar tawtimony- ho gematted thet eho bpd pa 
Megs leon a telewes of Covink. = Loo yaams amo,” seid 


poe AUTTORIOGRAP TY OF 


she, “To owas attracted to a Methodist meeting in our 
neighborhood by being informed that Bishop Asbury was 
going to preach. To went, and the Spirit sealed the truth 
he uttered on my heart. T fled to Jesus, and found re- 
demption in his blood, even the forgiveness of my sins, 
and have been happy in his love ever since. 

‘Nota cloud doth arise te darken my skies, 

Or hide for amement my Lord from my eyes.’ 

She sat down, snd ere the responses whieh her remarks 
had awakened in all parts of the house had died away, 
Bishop Asbury was on his feet. He commenced by re- 
marking that “he was a stranzer and pilerim, halting on 
his way for rest and refreshment in the house of God, 
and that he had found both; and,” satd he, with uplifted 
hands, while tears of joy coursed cach other freely down 
his faee, “if Lean only be instrumental in the conversion 
of one soul in traveling round the continent, [ll travel 
reund it tl TD die.’ ‘ 

As an Enalishman, he loved his father-land, and fre- 
quently expressed his erief at the war which then existed 
between Eneland and the United States; yet he had 
adoped the Jatter, and, though many of the preachers 
hed returned to England, unwilling to sympathize with 
the enuse of American liberty, he warmly espoused it, 
ated was airm in his adherence to the republicanism: of 
Washington. On the oceasion of receiving a letter from 
Mr. Wesley on the subject of the war, he remarks, “1 
sa extremely sorry that the venerable man ever dipped 
tito the polities of America, My desire is to live in love 
and peace with all men, to do them no harm, but all the 
good Tean. However,” he adds, “it discovers Mr. Wes- 
Joy's attachment to the gevernment under which be lives. 
Had he been a subject of America, no doubt he would 
lurve beem 3s aegions an advocate of the America cause, 
Bat some inecusideraie persons have tiken oceasion to 


; Av. SHIR B. KIRIAY. aa 
thy Matinediete ta Aduwilve we ueonind of Me 
sate: iD sentient ate” Ase farther ovwience of 

it wine bs pemecked, thet xt ihe New 
ta NTRP hie chats far tie oobeskimeenst 


sae satin to: temas Cadkanes is te 
. Witely Gormparsiod President Woe Tirted Saree, a 
| ible inal he embolic’ ‘war nppartuttin of the Gaisti- 
+ huis Gad profeesing sur-alltgtence tothe govereizent.” 

| Po this Ge-ccntirenes anenimonaly’ aoeaded, asd an 2a- 
a “Gar Gitpebed and read by Asbury ti Waghiagtea 

ull ie cables: To ie adress ihe President made 2 

paply. @apeeasive ef theuks for tbe stand eaken by Ye. 

Thrncsy tar Oe -cpree of Atmaricun Uberty, The address 

ant the anerer-wiee published ie the paper dl the dey, 

ad Shograntier Othoe Chains Follrrad the emaagite: 

_ Bee Washingisn the Bishop hed « high regetd, whisk 
we , yy w Personal acqusintaies of many 
a iar ned whee the cad iitelivener cme to lies that the 
REO bis seaatee wed no mors, bo entered ibe ellew- 
tag Wes Prine: 

| Se Rie eatoved- tha. porileriy poet on the eve of Hew. 
Kuatoday, aid teooght the heat-dintgeasing Information 
of ths Veta. of Waskingion, who departed tas lite De- 
Selle 94,1787. Wachington, the calm, menegel clive, 
ie idinvereswe’d Sieg, ret father, and’ baaperal, ebrior 

af Tih obtthary: wader Divine prétiction ged: dresitos tA 
ubeia? "slot sat wpem, She indey- ef the climes af 
| a pataan : Se palples eteell ay blasts the tells! mgt 

Gay the Sareded soldiers; & pablic ovation Geereand to be 

dilfrared on Friday, (oyritent OF thin month; a marbie 

stains to be placed in foam peapar citunition; there ware 
ions Uf sortéw und Hides iby marke of neypeee 
pela ty hie theling iellow-citiatns We te. mittens OF tile 


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erentinan, Lam disposed to lose sight of all hut Wass. 
ington. Matchless man! At all times he acknowlederd 
the providence of God, and never was he ashamed of his 
Redeemer. We believe he died not fearing death. Ii 
nis will he ordered the manumission of all his slaves--a 
trae son of iberty in all points.” : 

tt is wiha very ill grace, to say the least of it, thysa ey 
iain partisan theologians have charged the early Methodist 
preaehers with being opposed to the war with Grent Bint- 
Mn and the republican principles of which Washingten 
wis the great champion. We admit that some of them 
dit manifest opposition, and prudently returned to Eng- 
rand; but that the great body of them were firm and 
zealous supporters of the republic, none but the most 
hopelessly prejudived can entertain a reasonable doubr. 
With Asbury, the great aposde of Methodism in Amer- 
vent, this was particularly the case, as his whole history 
abundantly shows, 

Tt is known that the Bishop never married. This state 
was not to him, however, one af choiee, but meressivy, 
and those who hear bis reasons for net entering into the 
marriage relation will be satisfied of the propriety of his 
course. He says, Lf L should die in celibacy, whieh 1 
ihink quite probable, I give the following reasons for 
what ean seareely be called my choice. [ was called 
i my fourteenth year. 1 began my publie exercises be- 
tween sixteen and seventeen; at twenty-one I traveled; 
ot twenty-six [came to America. Thus far 1 had reasons 
enough for a single life. It had been my intention to 
reuurn to Europe at thirty years of age; but the war con- 
tinued, and it was ten years before we had setiled, lasting 
peace. This was no time to marry or be given.in mare 
riage. At forty-nine 1} was ordained superintendent or 
bishop in America. Among the duties imposed upon me 
by my office wag that of ‘traveling extensively, and } 


Rae. JARS Be PIGLET. TANG 


antiy expen te tnd Awan with grace aencmgh 
sSpebiin her tae. Live det ane week omt of se. Big too 
“eth, divs Soastonads bypaides, whag uight hae amy ino, to 
tobe clemiege mt the afwatiens of a wore, make bey 
Mei -emd. by. ® vahentere shaowe, salwort. the whola 
Mik. carey ths garage state, by esparctiag 
te whem either God; gaara ner the wwspyretarnia of 
sodieey permit long to he pet acendeirt Ut is mither 
sree ay i way odd: te. this, teat Z had Mille 
winmam ie with Ge Rule aduvigisiored ta the necessities 
of »-bewed- mother G0 1 wae fiepsrom. Uf 1 have 
 denessnang, f ope Cod ond the maxwell forgite me. Te 
letop diner anog to taetow the pittanes I may bere ta 
ape ager Ube whdewwn, asd fatheriees girls, and poor 
Sa, ets 
epics il ent olor ne to ‘extend teach farther this 
ipvial Avetalb, and awe west, thavainen, brag Me to & olor, 
= * Sills ced. SPhaahoat, the eclbeasass od Ashore kn the 
 apiccapeay, badeceaed feta thelr ishers aad entered iste 
: pares Wheltey too, the venersile founder of Mothodians 
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mediator in Gad of the Church. bad dlored hiz long and 
) Pphichees onmee pom ciyth, and aoferad wgee tha reat 
ved Eisenciineke of henven. Asbury sont alone, Bha 2 
 eenarabis tree leit by te woodimun’s az to preelaier ‘the 
 amelent glory af theforss!. - Incasstpt traiealing oa hore 
: teal ca average af dvs thousand miles 2 peor, exposes’ to 
hte Range of cHote gad. verttions of Setperatwns, 
> iagerlves orith the isumense nexisty grewing cut of the 
etre are the Cheebes, ta inbors sect akmadens, if gat 
iis cian the eelser Waelng, proped hevwilp wpae dle 
a ye Ahad speseed. this: **thirenmare ogc tens" he 
- Gmnekered to the gifted Mesdirée the principal busier: 
 aboieligg shs-somfertnses..- An it ie. inienesding to. trees 

tine religinne experiance of -ikge- wimnepaiklo’ sean, jm ‘pie 


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journal we find the followinw: ‘ My soul is blessed with 
continusl consolition and peace in all my great weakness 
of body, labor, and crowds of company. Tam a debtor 
te the whole eontinent, but more especially to the north- 
esi and south-west. It is there I usually gain health, 
and venerally lose in the south and center, I have vis- 
ited the south thirty times in thirty-one years. I wish to 
visit Mississippi, bat am resigned. My eyes fail. I will 
resizn the stations to Bishop M’Kendree. Tt is the fitty- 
fitth year of my ministry and forty-fifth vear of labor in 
Ameria. IT die daily: but my conselations are great. [ 
five in God from moment ta moment.’ This was his last 
entry in his journal. How like the sun at its setting did 
his mind expand with hely emotions and benevolent sym- 
pathies! The mellow light of his experience and exam- 
ple shone out elearly and ealmly over the goodly tents of 
Jacob as he was gently sinkiny into rest. 

Tn the sunny south, on the 21st of March, 1616, on 2 
bright and beautiful Sabhoth, the dying patriarch was 
seen to raise his hands when speech had failed, as a token 
ef victory throush the bleod ef the Lamb, and then, 
reclining his head upon the faithful Bond, his traveling 
companion, without «strussle he breathed his last— 


As fades the swimmer cloud a6 ay— 
As sinks the gale when stonma wre oat.” 


‘The personal appearance of Bisiiop Asbury presented 
nothing remerkable, His form was slight, but ereci, end 
hence dignified and graceful. He had a vigorous consti- 
tution, and hence an elastic step. His eve was stern and 
bright. His countenance was strongly marked, with fea- 
tures expressive of decision, chergy. sagacity, aud bemig- 
nity, shaded, at times, by an expression of deep anxiety, 
if not depression And) to conclude tn the language of 
one in regard to his cliaracter, ‘* His parallel for practient 
acnee and practival enervy can searcely be found. As a 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


CHAPTER XXIV. 


SKETCH OF BISHOP M’KENDREE. 


Towave already alluded to the camp meeting which | 
attended in the sammer of 1809, on the farm of the Rev. 
Jolin Collins, on the cast fork of the Litthe Miami. ‘To 
this meeting the tribes of Methodism from all parts of the 
country repaired. It was the annual celebration of the 
feast of tabernacles, under the Christian dispensation, I 
had passed the Red Sea of repentance, and the wiiderness 
of doubt and uncertainty, and now L was prepared to take 
my family and tabernacle on Mount Zion with the people 
of God. The distance we had to travel was about thirty 
niles, mostly through an unbroken forest. It cost some- 
thine then to enjoy the means of prace: not too much, 
however, for their value. When obtained, they were ap- 
preeiated in proportion to their cost, and richly enjoyed. 
In good season we arrived. Just betore reaching the con- 
seerated spot, our attention was arrested by the clear and 
melodious strains of the children of Ziou, singing that 
memorable camp mecting song, 

“Stop, poor sinner, step and think, 
Before you farther go: 
Will you sport upon the brink 


OF everlasting woe?” 


A large number of people had collected already upon 


« 


the wround, and had pitched their neat, white canvas — 


tents. The preachers’ stand was filled with ministers, the 
taost of whose faces were familiar tome. There was one, 
however, who was a stranger. He had a nobie, digni- 


fired appearance, and seemed to be somewhat ubove thie 
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REY. TAMES UB. FINDLEY. 899 


common stature. He was evidently in his prime, though 
beyond the middle age of life. His voice had a sWeelless 
and compass that were remarkable. There was great 
symmetry in his features. His forehead was expansive ; 
eyes dark, but beaming with the fire of intelligence. Lux- 
uriant rolls of dark hair covered his head, and his general 
appearance would at once impress a stranger with the idea 
of his being an extraordinary man. 

When he rose to give out the hymn, every eye was 
turned toward and riveted upon him. Indeed, I felt as 
if some supernatural being was going to address us. ‘The 


j 


hymn being suny we kneeled down for prayer; and such an 
iu a ress to the throne of the heavenly grace I never heard 
before. ‘Phere was a simplicity and carnestness about it 
truly surprising. It seemed as ehoneh he was talking 
face to face with God, as a child with its father. Every 
heart was interested in that prayer, and it seemed as if 
leaven had come down to carth. 

When he arose he announced for his text John iv, 24: 
“God is a Spirit, and they that worship him musi wor- 
ship him in spirit and in truth.’ Every word that fell 
fiom the lips of the sainted M’Kendree was devoured 
by the caver multitude. There was but one mind and one 
hieart. That one mind received all the truths that were 
utiered, and that one heart beat responsive to those truths. 
1 can not possibly describe my own feclings on the veca- 
sion. Thad taken a position in front of the speaker, so 
that T might have a full and uninterrupted view of his 
as rson. Never was Tso entertained. I could see nothing 
hut the speaker; I could hear nothing but his voice. 


rhe f Rstened Twas unconseiously drawn, as if by some 


taagie spell, towerd the preacher; and when he elosed, 
miy Hoonishment T found myself within a few teet of te 
Sif around me was the most infense exettermenmt——louid 


miionts af ebory and «ries for merey—svet | dovew 7h not] 


400 AUTOBICG RAPHY oF 


heard it nut, ull the preacher ceased, and the charm was 
broken. Q, it was a heavenly time! and it scemed to ine 
that T was quite on the suburbs of glory, drinking full 
draughts trom that ‘river the streams whereof make glad 
the clity of God.” , 

Thai afternoon brother Axley came to me and said, 
“Bishop M’Kendree desires to see you at his tent.” 
“But,” said J, “1 have no acquaintance with him.” 
“Then I will introduce you,” said Axley. So L went to 
the tent and was introduced. I felt: greatly embarrassed 
on approachiny the Bishop; but the ease and cordiality 


, 


with which he received me at once banished all my fears, 
and inspired me with contidence. Atier brother Axley 
reured, he commenced conversing with me with as much 
familiarity as if he had known me all my Jie. He asked 
me in regard to my family, and many other things, and 
how long I had been a professor of religion. He also 
asked me it Thad not been exercised in regard to preach- 
Ine the Gospel. Though a stranger, he wained at once my 
fullest confidence, and L opened to him all my heart, spoke 
ot my experience, conflicts, trials, and frankly informed 
him that I could not think myself qualiied tor the work 
of the ministry. He then conversed with me as man 
never did before, and as man never can again. Ther. 
Was an overpowering sweetness in his manner and words, 
that dlled me with love and reverence tor the man thet 
lasted all throuch his life. [wept like a child, and telling 
him I was ignorant, and lived in the wilderness where 
there was nu one to vuide me, he laid lis hand gently on 
my head and said, My son, be of wood cheer; God will 
supply you with fathers and mothers in the Gosyed." 
Such a maniiesiation of regard for me eompletery over- 
came me, and from that moment I felt that this venerch'e 
man would treat me as a son in the Gospel; and fron that 
day on til the day of his death, no man lived, exeept my 


REV. JAMES B. FINLEY. 40] 


rather, who had so strong a hold upon my heart, and in 
whom [ could so implicitly confide, or one whom I felt 
myself so implicitly bound to obey, as this amiable minis- 
icr of Jesus. I never saw any thing during his life whicn 
would lead me to suppose that he did not feel for me as a 
son in the Gospel. ‘Throughout the meeting he frequentry 
called me to his tent, and conversed with me in the most 
free and unrestrained manner, 

An incident occurred at this camp meeting of a deeply- 
thrilling character, and one which produced an entire 
change in my views in regard to the qualifications neces- 
sary to partake of the holy communion. I supposed that 
only such as were converted, and were the children of 
God by faith in Christ Jesus, were entitled to a place at 
the Lord’s table. There accompanied us to the camp 
mecting a young lady. To the graces of her person, for 
she was charmingly beautiful, were added a brilliant mind. 
She was an amiable and lovely girl, the pride of the neigh- 
borhood. Seareely had we arrived on the ground ere she 
was convicted. During Saturday and Sunday she seemed 
to be in the most extreme agony of mind. Her prayers 
and tears excited the sympathy of all hearts. 

On Monday morning the sacrament of the Lord’s sup- 


per was to be administered, After singing, a>'s 


“Glory to God on high! 


a 


(ur peace is made with Heaven; ‘ 
The Son of God came down to die, 
That we might be forgiven,” 

the ministers were all invited around the table to partake 
of the holy emblems. The venerable Bishop offered the 
conseeratory prayer, and then distributed to the under 
shepherds the bread and wine. It was a deeply-solemn 
time. 

A solemn. stillness reiened around, only broken by a 
deep sigh or a half-suppressed sob, while one after another 
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AQ AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


of that large congregation came to celebrate the scenes of 
Gethsemane and Calvary. Nearly in front of the Bishop, 
beyond the altar, stood the weeping penitent, reclining her 
head upon the shoulder of a converted sister, and sobbing 
as if her heart would break, while she gazed upon the 
seene, Her appearance and manner attracted the atten- 
won of the benevolent M’Kendree, and looking toward her 
he said, +My child, come here and kneel at the foot of 
the cross, and you shall tind merey.”’ a 

“Do you think,’ said she, through her tears, ‘so vile 
asinner as 1 may venture to approach the sacramental 
board, and take in my unhely hands the emblems of the 
Savior’s dying love?” 

“Yes, my child; it was just for such sinners as you 
the blessed Jesus died, and while writhing in his last ago- 
nies, he demonstrated his willingness and power to save 
by taking the penitent malefaetor with him to heaven.” 

“Then Ul go to Jesus,” said she; and hurrying to the 
table she fell upon her knees and cried aloud to God, 
With streaming eyes the Bishop administered the bread ; 
and just as her lips tasted the wine of the sacramental 
cup, pardon was communicated, and heaven sprung up in 
her heart. Instantly she rose to her feet, and her tace 
shining like that of an angel, while, with an cloquence 
that went to every heart, she told the simple story of the 
eross, and the wondrous power of Christ to save. All 
seemed to partake of the common joy of that renewed 
spirit. 

The same fall [ was admitted into the traveling connec- 
tion, and every year, till his last visit to our conference, 
he ealled to see me. or Twas with him. In 1801 he was 
at my camp meeting on Knox cirenit, in company with his 
venerable companion, Bishop Asbury. From this camp 
meeting Laccompanied him io Nenian, On this tour be 
preached in Granville, and the Calvinists sent hii a note 


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REV. JUOIRSS: eB PIN DE 403 


requesting him to preach his principles in full. ‘This he 
did to their satisfaction; and, in addition thereto, as a 
work of supererogation, gave an exposition of Calvinism. 
After the discourse, three elders of the Presbyterian 
Church came to his lodgings, and attacked him with creat 
zeal. In a short ume, however, they were so completely 
confounded that they went away ashamed of the incon- 
sistencies of their doctrines. ‘The next evening he had an 
appointment at Franklinton, near Columbus, where he 
preached in the old log court-house. ‘The cnsuing day 
we staricd on our journey in the rain, and getting lost in 
the Darby Plains, we wandered about all day, and at 
night, finding a cabin, we took up lodgings. 

No inan, perhaps, ever made more rapid advancements 
in vrace and vitts than did M’Kendree. After his eunver- 
sion, Which was in the thirtieth year of his age, he went 
on with giant strides from grace to grace. He was evi- 
dently designed by the great Head of the Church as a 
leader amony the armies of Israel; and after becoming 
most thoroughly acquainted with practical itinerancy in 
the wilds of the west, he was prepared to enter upon 
episcopal duties and services with a heart touched with 
itinerant trials. 

The circumstances connected with the election of 
M’Kendree to the episcopacy, were of a somewhat inter- 
esting character, When he visited the General conter- 
ence as a delegate trom the west, having been so Jong ab- 
sent from the cast, he was not generally known. On the 
Sabbath before the election for a bishop was to take place, 
he was appointed to preach in the Light-street Church, 
Baltimore. 

“~The house was crowded with strangers in every pari, 
above and below, eager to hear the stranger; and among 
others, most of the members of the General conference 


were present, besides a number of colored people, who 


404 AUTOBIOGRAPHY oF 


occupied a second gallery fa the front end of the church. 
Mr. M’Kendree entered the pulpit at the hour for com: 
mencing the serviecs, clothed in very coarse and homely 
earments, which he had worn in the woods of the west, 
and after sinvins be kneeled in prayer. As was often the 
ease with him when he commenced his prayer, he seemed 
to falter in his speech, clippine some of his words at the 
end, and occasionally hanging upon a syllable as if it were 
diffiewlt tor him to pronounce the word. L looked at him, 
not without some feelings of distrust, thinking to myself, 
‘1 wonder what awkward backwoodsman they have put in 
the pulpit this morning, to diserace us with his mawkish 
and unesuth phrascoloey.” This feeling of distrust did 
not forsake me tll some minutes after he had announeed 
his text. whieh contained the following words: ‘For the 
hurt of the dauvhter of the peopie am Lhurt; Lam black; 
asionisiiment bath taken hold on me. Ts there no balm in 
Gilead; is there mo physician there? Why, then, is not 
the Health of the daughter of my people recovered?” 
Jeremiah viii, 21, 22. 

© His introduction appeared tame, his sentences: broken 
and disjointed, and his elecution very defective He at 
lenoth jatrodueed his main subject, which was to show ihe 
spiritual disease of the Jewish Chureh, and of the human 
family generally; and then he entered upon his second 
proposition, whieh was to analyze the feclings which such 
a state af things awakened in the souls of God's faithful 
embassadors: but when he came to speak of the blessed 
efeets upon the heart ef the balm which God had pro- 
vided for the ‘healing of the mations,’ he seemed to enter 
fully inte the element in which his soul delighted to imeve 
wid have its being, and he soon carried the whole con gre- 
gotion away with hina into the regions of experimental 
religron: 

“Remaking upon the objections whieh seme would 


LEV: CARs BY eI. #04 


make tothe expression of the feelings realized by a persin 
fully restored to health by an application of the ‘cover 
ergn Velie for every wound,’ he referred to the shouts «. 
spplanse so ofien heard upon our national jubilee, in com- 
memoration of our emancipation irom polities} thralidom, 
and then said, ‘How much more cause has en inunortsl 
soul, to Tejvice and give glory to God for its spiritaal de- 
ranee from the bondage of sin! This was spoken 
weep soul overflowing with the most hallowed and ex: 
alted ficlings, and with such an emphasis, that it was Hke 
the sudden bursting of a cloud surcharsed with water. 
The ccongregntion. wes instantly overwhelmed with a 
shower of Divine grace from the upper world. At first. 
siden: shricks, as of persons in distress. were hoard 1 
different paris of the house; then shouts of praise, and in 
every direction sobs and groans, The eyes of the peopre 
overilowed with tears, while many were prostrated upon 
the floor, or lay helpless on the seats. A very large, ath- 
letie-looking preacher, who was sitting by my side, wad: 
denly tell upon his seat, as if pier ai by a builet, and 1 
felt my heart melting under cmotions whieh L could not 
well resist. 

* Ater this sudden shower, the clouds were dispersed, 
and the Sun of righteousness shune ont most serenely ant 
delightfully, producing upon all a: present couseiousness 
of the Divine approbation; and when the preacher de- 
seended from the pulpit, all were filled with admiration of 

« his hdents, and were ready to “magnify the grace of Ged 
in him,’ as a chosen messenger of good tidings to the lost, 
enphig in their hearts, “Lhis is the man whom God de- 
lights to hanor.?”* 

This sermon, according to the prediction of Bishop As- 
bury, secured his election. 

No man ever made more fall proof of his ministry than 
did the laborious M’Kendree. For twelve years he filled 


406 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


the office of a presiding elder, and for nearly twenty-seven 
years he filled the more important and responsible office 
of bishop. Tn the midst of all the Uying scenes through 
which he was called to pass, he manifested the grestest 
devotion to the Church. It may be said of him, as a pre- 
siding offieer, that the utmost impartiality characterized 
all his official acts. 

When it became evident that the work of this creat and 
good man was finished, his character shone out more and 
more clear, and, ike the sun at setting, the graces of 
M’Rendree were more fully developed as he was nearing 
the horizon of time; and, like that sun, which, on the eve 
of acalm, quiet summer day, goes gently down in a 
cloudless shy, so sweetly sank the dying saint. The last 
tesponse of this faithful watehman on Zion's walls, to his 
companion-watehers, was, ‘Add is weld, add is well!” 


RUY, JAMES Bs PINE: 407 


CAP ESE EY, 
SKETCH OF REV. DAVID YOUNG. 


Tne father and mother of the Rev. David Young were 
both of Scotch descent. The ancestors of his father be- 
longed to the clan of the Campbells, and tradition says it 
was not for convenience but for safety that they went over 
to the north of Ireland; and some century and a half 
since some of them suffered extremely in the eclebrated 
sieve of Derry. 

His erandfather came to North Amevica, and landed at 
Neweastle, Delaware, in 1742, his father then being one 
year old, and moved westward into the neighborhood of 
Havre de Grace, perhaps on the place where Hughes’s 
Tron Works were afterward creeted, and which were 
burned by the British in the last war. 

Vis father settled in Bedford county, Virginia, where 
young David was born, Mareh 7, 1779, and the next 
year he removed to Washington eounty, in the same 
state, where David was raised, in a plice and at a time 
where and when religious privileges and experionce were 
very tittle known or prized. Wis father belonzed to fiat 
Avrk, and his mother thought there wes nothing like the 
firskines and their secession. They both were firm be- 
lievers in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Fish- 
ers Catechism. The old gentleman had aw good library 
for the times, where the son could at least examine one 
side of the question between Churehmen and Dissenners, 
and Calvinists and Arointiins, and this he was careful to 
do, as the sequel will show. 


408 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


He was taught the Lord's Prayer. and the Creed. and 
Catechisms, both shorter’ and + longer,’ and he could 
repent them with great flaeney when quite a small bey. 
This was thought too wonderfal, and the way he was 
praised mich! inspire any thing but humility. Te says in 
acommunievtion tome,‘ Amony the earliest recollections 
of my life the thoughts of invisible beings and agencies 
were the most common and important. The beings called 
God and devil, the places ealled heaven and hell, the 
things ealled death, judement, and eternity, were the 
subjects of my childish meditations, thousands of times 
before To was five years old.” 

In the staamer of 1786 he went to meeting with some 
of the family. and during the first prayer was so deeply 
convietod that he bad sinned against God, his King and 
Savior, that his heart was melted, and he wept in bitter- 
ness ef seul, Burt shame quenched his feelings and tears, 
and he relapsed into indifference. From this time wil the 
filler 1780 there was nothing very uncommen in the ex- 
ervises of bis mind. Nt that time, however, he was pow- 
ertully awakened bythe Holy Spirit: and though there 
wis nobody that he knew who prayed in seeret, yet it was 
his constant practice tor nearly a vear, Those were dark 
Himes iu religion, Possibly, if he had been blessed with 
Has company of seme one to have taken him by the hand 
and directed him in the right way, he might have been 
kep! from falling away. Many a child no older have L 
seen happy in God's love, and there is nothing te prevent 
alli young childrea from being truly pious. Le broke 
through the restroints bis parents imposed, partivularly 
by desecrating the Sabbath day, and made continues 
efforts to throw aff the influences of the Holy Spirit. He 
did not, however, succeed in his rebellion. In February, 
1798, being sent one evening, with some other bows, to 
ba the boiung apparsius for making maple sugar, they 


REV. TAMWES B. FINLEY. 409 


had a brand of fire with them, and. passing by an execed- 
ingly Jarge poplartree, whose roots projected far ow above 
ground, one of them being hollow, they put the fire-brand 
to an aperture seven or eight feet from the trunk, and dis- 
covered at very strong draught of air ascending up the hol- 
Tow tree. It suddenly caught fire, and in a few minutes 
blazed out sixty or seventy feet high, where one of the 
forks had fallen off and lett free vent to the air. Ina 
short space of time brother Young lay down on the 
ground to peep in the hole, and saw the lava running 
down in a stream as thick as his arm. The heat was so 
intense that the light partly blinded him. At that june- 
ture the remaining fork of the tree, weakened by the fire, 
snapped oF with a great noise. He sprung to his tect, 
and ran with all the speed that fear could inspire. By 
the time this great branch of the tree struck the ground 
he was sixty-three feet from the stump of the poplar, 
having providentially passed under this great half-tree 
beyond where its fork fell on the ground. Nothing struck 
him except the burning bark, which flew off and crushed 
him down to the earth amidst its fiery coals. If he had 
Jain still at the root of the tree no evil would have be- 
fallen him. The other boys, however, came and pulled 
him up out of the fire. They found him by his wroans, 
with his clothes some burnt, and his hat eut through in 
two or three places, and his head all in a gore of blood, 
together with his collar-bone broken. Unprepared for 
death, how narrowly did he escape ! 

Ilis father was a farmer in casy cireumstances, aad 
attended to the edueation of his children; and so well had 
David improved his opportunities, that when time had 
lewally made him his own master, he taught a grammar 
eehool two years in Hawkins and Sullivan counties, Tenn. 

On the 27th of June, 1803, he lett his father’s, in Vir- 
vinia, and went to what was then called the ‘fir west.” 

on 


410 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OT 


now Middle Tennessee. Sunday, August Ith, the Meth- 
vdists had a quarterly meeting on Mill ereck, near Green 
Hills, where were assembled a strange mixture of people. 
Among the rest were what have since been called the 
Cumberland Presbyterians,’? who seemed to be as nu- 
merous and as busy as the others. It was impossible to 
tell who had the direction of the meeting; but they 
preached and prayed very well. David, however, left on 
Tuesday, and went to a dance. 

Afterward, while riding all alone, thinking about dels 
quarterly meeting, he Bhs ee on some of the awkward 
expressions in the prayers of the new converts. His pride 
said, or the devil told him, that he could pray better him- 
self. So he made a form of prayer for them, and sue- 
ceeded in patting his form into words. At that moment 
this query rushed into his mind, ** What are you doing?” 
This inquiry turned a pleasant evening into gloomy hor- 
ror, tnd. in diew of muhing prayers for others, he began to 
pray for himself with all the faith and earnestness in his 
power, accompanied with a flood of tears, From this 
time he prayed morning and evening, with strange and 
indeseribable feelings and opposition, AC stranger in a 
strange Jand, he was afraid to pray near the people’s 
houses, lest he should be seen; he dare not go far off, lest 
the sn okes in the canc-brake would bite him; and when he 
went ont into the lanes the devil made use of the horned 
eatie to drive Lit trom his devotions. Previously the 
lord had converted some of his relations whe dwelt in 
Weeern Tennessee. When he get ameng them he was 
esvouraged. Attending their meetings, when called, on 
he prayed wuh and for them, though his own sins were 
not yet forgiven. His poor soul was in great distruas, 
and his coustant cry wae, ** What shall 1 do to be saved?” 
He strove about twenty-seven duys to “enter im at the strait 
gate.” His heart condemned him, and le knew that‘! Giod 


REV. JAMES B. PINLEY. 411 


was vreater than his heart,” and would also condemn him. 
With these views and feclings he went to another “big 
mecting,”? as they were then called, Friday, September 
16th, and Sunday, 16th. There was a mighty shaking 
among the people, while he stood condemned, distressed, 
and in the ayonies of indescribable anguish, not tu say 
distraction. He could neither sleep nor cat, under an im- 
pression, right or wrong, that unless he obtained peace 
with God before the meeting closed, he must perish eter- 
nally. God, who pities the distressed, pitied him, and en- 
abled him, by faith in Jesus Christ, to drust in his bivod. 
Tle was astonished at the effects of simple faith, and was 
transported with the joys of believing. 

On the 19th of September, 1603, between nine and 
ten o'clock, A. M., the Lord spoke peace to his soul. He 
walked out in the woods, and the trecs reminded him of 
this injunction, “Clap your hands!? All nature seemed 
joyous, and, as grace had brought peace and harmony to 
his heart, so all visible objects seemed to partake of the 
blissful change. Christians need not expeet, however, to 
be exactly wike in their experience. Luther and Bunyan 
in this respeet diflered widely from most of their followers 
who were real Christians. 

Being desirous to see his parents, he returned to his 
father’s in Virginia, on the last day of October, 1605, 
ripped off his raflles, and cut of his Jong hair, and re- 
mained in that vicinity a few weeks, an astonishmeni and 
a by-word to all his furmer acquaintanee. Te returned to 
Tennessee, and resumed his veeupation, April i, loud, 
and pursued the business of teaching ull admitted inte 
the traveling connection. Dut during this period his 
nvental exercises were powerlal, moetiv wih respect to 
his call to preach the Gospel. Many an anxious day and 


, 


sleepless might did he pass through. These conflicts were 


invauly like other men’s, perhaps, except that he was more 


412 ATTOBRIOGRAPHY OF “ 


unvielding than common; for itis certain he never would 
have been a Methodist preacher if he had not behewed that 
his soul would be lost unless he became one. Tis wnder- 
standing and conscience forbade him being any thing else. 
His mother, sister, and brother William were all happily 
converted to Ged daring the summer of 1804, whieh 
served as an incentive to his piety. In this year that 
strane disorder ‘tthe jerks’? overran all Western Ten- 
nessee. Tt attacsed the righteous and the wicked—an 
involuntary muse dar exercise, which drew the subjects 
afieeted backward and forward wiih a foree and quick- 
ness perhaps previously unknown ‘o the human family, 
Five hundred of hese subjects might sometimes be seen 
in one congrezation, all in various motion, from twitching 
the head up to bending the whole body—tirst backward, 
and then forward, the head nearly touching the ground 
forward and backward alternately. Some people thought 
it belonged to, if it did not make a part of, the Christian 
religion, others taat it was the work of the devil: and 
brother Youny thought that the devil had a hand therein, 
to bring religion tito disrepute, 

The wildness whieh seems to have been pentideh 
about Cane Ridge Kenvacky, spread down south in com 
pany with the jerks, having first made Newlights, as 
Stone and Purvianee, and Shakers, as Dunlevy and 
MoNemar. At the same time the Methodists and Pres- 
bercrians had a sind of union, based on the opinion, it 
wonld seem, that every body would suddenly be» ged, 
aad (Meciplines and Creeds would be needed ye. mone, 
The Methedisis revived their Discipline, and saved most 
of (heir people. The Newlights and Shakers made havee 
with the Presbyterians, and what is now culled: the 
“Cumberland Presbyterians” made a great breach in the 
Charch: 

Rutherford county, where he emeau Was # Sviitiaie sua 


PP, RAAT ESM Be, WEN: $1 


Uement at that time; so he was graciously almost out of 
the noise and hearing of all religious tuaults. Their mis- 
fortune was, to have almost no kind of religion in ticir 
neizhborhood; su they tried to preach, exhort, and pray, 
dames Rucker and himself. God owned their endeavors, 
n | there were about one hundred and iifty who professed 
ivion on Stone’s river and Smith’s Fork during the 
suinmner of 1605; but they were not in the Church; 
they got one of the Nashville circuit preachers to come 
out and form them into classes, pledging himself to take 
them into the cireuit next year. Being recommended by 
one of these classes, without quarterly meeiing, circuit, 
or station, brother Young was admitied on trial in the 
trasdling connection by the following document; namely : 


“ To Dav Youxe,—You think it your daty to call 
sinners ty repentance. Make full proof hereof, and we 
shall Laks to receive you as a fellow-l iborer, 


“«DLewts Garrer. 
 Seytember a RS: - 


“Aisi may be a nee curiosity to some of the boys 
of the present day, who think the Methodist Episeapzd 
Church can not make a traveling preacher unless they 
first loealize him. The next Westera conference sat in 
Seout county, Nentucky, October 2, 1805, at which he was 
appointed to Salt River and Shelby circuit. Bat Wayne 
cirenit baving but one preacher on it, brother Youms was 
changed to Wayne cireuit, in the south side of Keniucky. 
This was done by the concurrence of Villian Burke and 
William M'Kendree, #s the case seemed wbsoltitely te 
require if, On the last week in Octoder, a sacramental 
imoeting was held athe Bench. menting-limise, nour 
William MW Gee's, Western Tennessee, where he first saw 
thet great aul good man, William lI Kendrec, whose 
equal in every respect has not vet adorned the Methouist 


4{4 ATTOBTOGRAP ITY OF 


Episcopal Chureh; and yet, by some fatality, no man 
furnishes us with his memoirs. Tle gave him the plan of 
his cireuit, and on the first Thursday in November, 1505, 
he met his first appointment, as a traveling preacher, at 
Manoah Lassley’s, on Green river, Kentucky. 

lis colleague—William) Ellington—was a very good- 
natured, easy kind of aman. Their cireuit swarmed with 
Newlights and Freewill Baptists. Ellington let them all 
stu in class meeting, bat brother Youny turned them all 
out; and this made Ellington popular, and they ran to him 
with their complaints, and even carried them up to M’Ken- 
drec, their presiding elder. On examination of the cireun- 
stances, the presiding elder ordered brother Youn to take 
charge of the cireuit, despite of all remonstrance.  Elline- 
ton was delighted, but brother Young was alarmed at hav- 
ins the charge of a cireuit. There were a great number 
Cropped and expelled on the cireuit this year, but the 
Lord made up all their losses with a small inercase of 
wanders. His health was not very good, but his appoint. 
ments were all filled, averaging thirty cach and every four 
weeks throuchout the year. 

During this appointment the following persons were 
Hieensed to exhort: Lewis Anderson, J.T. Williams, Wil- 
liam Lewis, and Tsaae M’Kowen, all of whom were after- 
ward traveling preachers, 

levies Mo howen’s mother was a widew, and her house 
a preaching-plice, at whieh brother Young had an appoint- 
Inent on the day of the total eelipse, in 1806. When it 
beran te grow dark. the ignorant Dutch and [Trish inhab- 
pants of the netghborhood ran to meeting, some for the 
first time, net waithie to change elothes, or put on their 
snees; and before preaching closed, the house and the 
yard were filled with the worst-trichtened congrewation 
that ever was seen. The preacher exhorted them to be 
religious, and eseape the blackness of darkuess forever.” 


yt ee We 


BR, JAMES AB. FIA DES. HIS 


He visited his parents in Virginia, and returned io the 
annual aaecechoress which assembled at Hbenezer Nol 
chucky’s, East Tennessee, September 13, 1800. 

It was at this conference the celebrated propositions 
and services of Dr. Coke, as bishop of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, were rejected. 

His next appointment was to Levingston circuit, Ken- 
tucky, extending from Hopkinsville to Tennessee river, and 
trom the Ohio river south to Clarksburg, Tennessee, a 
district too large for a modern presiding elder, and a dis- 
tance to reach it of seven degrees of longitude—-at icast 
tive hundred miles. Crazy Kate said, ‘The Lord tem- 
pers the wind to the shorn lamb; it must be so, for 
where are the men and horses now that would perform 
such journeys? 

Betore getting once round his circuit, he was taken 
with severe chills every day, alternated with violent fevers. 
The chills ceased, and the tever increased tor two werks, 
when he fell into a kind of stupor, partly senseless, unless 
roused up; and then he lay four weeks longer, neither 
doctur nor friends expecting him to live. For nine weeks 
he never saw the sun. When he began to mend the blood 
had ceased to circulate in his feet and ankles; and when 
it avain began to circulate, such twining, prickling, and 
excessive pain he says he never felt betore or sinee, 

This was the first time he ever had the ague, but he had 
it more or less every one of the next nine veurs. ‘ 

li was a kind pte toward him that he tell siek et 
old brother Meanly’s. Lt was a very kind family ef prous 
people. They touk care uf him as though he had been one 
ot themselves, for whieh may God reward them in time 
and eternity! ‘The old gentleman's son John was atte r- 
ward a traveling preacher. While he lay at Meanly’s. 
M'kKendree, his presiding elder, came to see him. dle 
asked him tv wrie his will. Llaving told him what dis: 


Te eo ae 
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position was tu be made of his farms and personal prop- 
eny, be began talking wild, and told him what he wished 
done with e& beat-load of ingots of silver, which he imag- 
ined was comins trent South America by way of New 
Orleans. At the mention of this last subject: M’Kendree 
threw down the pen and burst intu tears, which roused 
himoup. The good man was not only sorry beeause he 
was sick, but he was exceedingly grieved at his being 
delirious, — 

Near Meanly’s, and in the viemity of the town of Do- 
ver, ouly across the Cumberland river, on the highest 
easiern blad, ihere was a curious Indian burying-ground, 
with only six graves in it. Hach of these graves was 
lined with four stenes—a head and foot, ant two long 
side-stones, meusuriny from seven and a half to eight fect 
for each grave. The eduges of these vravestoaes seemed 
us H they had been placed even with the surface, and sub- 
sequent winds had blown away six inches of the upper- 
soil. Each stone was cui at right angles, and was well 
dressed with some hind of tools. There were no rocks of 
tbe samre quality known to be in all that region ef coun- 
uy. Here brotuer Young would wander to meditate, 

He was in tolerable health through the summer, and 
had some prosperity in his own seul, and some increase 
on bis efrenit. In that place lived the father of Peter 
Uorowricht, and the mother of E. Wileox, his half-brother. 

thoone of the most populous settlements on this cir- 
eit, thene were two classes, and, of course, two leaders, 
‘fhe classes were not very religious, except when they 
were at meeting; then they were exceedingly moisy. The 
leaders were both drunken; so when S: got drowk, he 
posted away to M"C ’s, confessed, aad got forgiven: amd 
when M'C, got drink, he hastened io S., and he dongewe 
him. They quoted Sevipiure for ali—-elauned right set 
eniy times seven. He cout oot begin to administer disei- 


overt 


“Gale” oe i eae 


REY. cd AMES BO FIR REY. 417 


pline without removing these leaders; and ic wes dike lead- 
ers. like macmbers; so they did not want new leaders, and 
woul! not turn ont the old ones for getting drunk; but 
veferrins their cases to quarterly meeting conierence, they 
gocrid of the principal incbriates, and the few good mem- 
bers rejoiced and increased greatly, not only in that soci- 
ety, but venerally on the circuit. They excluded over one 
hundred, yet they had a net increase of more than fifty. 
This fall, conference was appointed at Chilicothe, 
Ohio, September 14, 1807. On his way thither he fell 
sick in Lexington. The preachers left him, and in a few 
days he rode out to brother H ’s, twelve miles, where 
his fever increased, till he believed the family thought he 
aed dic. They were afraid, as it got spread through the 
vighborhood that his disease was contavious; and had 
it isk Se for a good old sister G., who came to see him, 
he might have died; but she went home and sot her 
husband to bring a two-horse hack, with a bed in it, and 
take him home with him, where he was very kindly nursed 
a whole month, till able to ride. 

Thus far my old friend and brother has furnished me 
with a sketeh of his past history. lis subsequent history 
is the history of the Chureh in the west; for he has been 
identified with all her movements. Tis mature judsment 
and well-caltivated mind enabled him to render wood 
service to the Church in all her ecclesiastical councils. 

Brother Young is still living, although much advanced, 
and quite feeble, being in his seventy-fiftth vear. The 
persenal appearance of brother Young is somewhat pe- 
euliar, and would strike a stranger with a littl surprise as 
he would gaze upon his tall, slender, and perfectty-erces 
form, his sharp end expressive features, a keen and pleremy 
eve, rather deeply sented in his forehead. and the cxuriant 
folds of hair of snowy whiteness, which full down over his 
shoulders. As a menasetsy he always ranked far above me- 


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4i5 AUTOBIOGERAPIY OF 


dhoerity. When in his prime few had greater power in the 
pulpit. His mind possessed great vigor and reaeh of 
thousnt: and had he devoted himself to writing, his pro- 
dactions would have exhibited great terseness and power, 
For many years he tilled the oflice of presiding elder, 
always attending his appointments with the precision of 
clock-work. He has for a long time been one of the trus- 
tees of the Ohio University, at Athens, and his wise coun- 
sels in that board have always been appreciated by his eo- 
temporaries. As it regards his habits, it may be said, ne 
minister ever had better, and none ever observed them 
more closely. But few of the old pioneer fathers remain. 
One by one they are falling around us; and here and 
there we find them standing in our midst, like the few an- 
cient trees of the forest, to tell what was its ancient glory. 


REV: Tate. Gree eae 419 


CPT eae. oa) wks 
SKETCH OF REV. JOUN P. FINLEY. 


Tue Rey. John Patterson Finley, my brother, was bora 
on the 13th of June, 1783, in the state of North Carolina 
ly September, 1810, he received license to preach in the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Having received a classic 
education, he was early called to take charge of literary 
instituuions; and trom that time till 1822 he labored in that 
department with great suecess in different parts of the 
state of Ohio. During this time, however, he labored 
much in the pulpit, and strove hard to show himself ap- 
proved of God, “a workman that needeth not to be 
ashamed.” 

In 1822 he was appointed Professor of Languages in 
Aucusta College, Kentucky, the oldest Methodist College 
in the west, now a heap of smoldering ruins. This insti- 
tution, the first-born child of the Chureh, cost much care 
and anxiety, and, alas! regrets. 1 have letters to show 
the part [took in the establishment of the institution; ay, 
in the earliest incipient movements connected with it, and, 
henee, the reader will indulge me im what remarks 1 may 
deem it proper to make, 

Aususia College, like Cokesbury, seems to have been 
a child of destiny, to have been born under some maliy 
nant star, Patronized by the two largest conferences in 
the west, having a freulty, from time to time, composed 
of the brightest stars that shone in the ealaxy of western 
literature, such as Durbin, Tomlinson, Bascom, Fielding, 
and others, and having for her adaimue a host of talented” 
nen in cvery profession, scattered all over the country, 


we 


420 AETORIOGRAPHY OF 


still, like an il-quided, but richly-freighted vessel in a 
stormy sea, she foundered and went down, and the waters 
closed over her unhappy fite forever, ae 

During the connection ef my brother John with Au- 
gusia College, he was reecived into the traveling connee- 
tion, and, as tar as his professional duties would allow, he 
preached the word, “instant in season and out of season.” 
His connection with this college lasted tll May, on 
When if was terminated by death. 

Protessor Bascom, the great pulpit orator of the jail 
ene of his collearues in the faculty, and who has himself 
since passedl away to the world of rest, paid the —_— . 
tribute to his memory : 

“LT have thought 1 could not spend an had oniemanani 
ably, this evening, than in sketching a few imperfect no- 
tices of the late Rev. John P. Finley, of the Methodist. 
Eptseopal Church. 1 beesme acquainted with the amin- 
ble and worthy subject of these recollections in 1815. 
Vrom that time to the period of his death, [ possessed his 
confidence, and enjoyed Tis friendship; and, perhaps, ne 
one of his numerous friends knew his mind snl heart more 
intimately than 1, during # term of nearly ten vears. He 
has frequentiv assured me that even his own family knew: 
Jess of bim than L did. and that L had understood. hiz 
whole heart. Limiy, therefore, be permitted to say a few 
things to preserve from oblivion the name and services of 
an able minister of the New Testament, and devoted fiend. 
at mankind, John P. Finley was certainly no ordinary 
moan, whether we consider his natural parts, lis literary: 
pretensions, or his gracious attainments. Nature hid 
done much for bin various learning had largely eontrib- 
wed. to improve him, and Christianity had perfected him. 
Inte a moder werthy of imitation, By nature he possesscd 
4 strong, manly, stl ingenious mind; his education was 
good, and well directed Uirough lite: his Christian char 


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ie was of the first order; and all conspired to renter 
chim strikingly interesting, both in and out of the puipit. 
(Bui as my remarks will be almost entirely contined to 
recollection, LT can only furnish an impericet outline of the 
ences of my deceased friend. Lt has long been iny im- 

pression, that men of distinguished worth in our Chureh, 
as eee ee removed from their ‘labor of love’ on earth, 
have not reecived those distinetive marks of respect, in 
the official obituary notices of the Church, to which they 
have been obviously entitled, from the clevation of their 
character, and the nature and value of their services; and 
L would wish, that in all such notices, instead of a general 
and indiscriminate commendation of piety and usefulness, 
our numerous readers might be able to form: some aceu- 
rate idea of the peculiar and distinguishing attributes of 
character: iw eee individual, becoming the subject of bio- 
graphical report. Lf men, and expecially ministers, are to 
be ‘esteemed in love for their works’ sake,’ they ought 
certainly to be esteemed and held up to imitation, in pro- 
portion to the nature and extent of their relative useful- 
ness, as well as averegate worth of character. [mean to 
say, simply, without indulging in any thing censortous, thas 
itis the duty of the living among us, to report tiichfully, 
amd with some particularity, the various usctulness and 
diversified exectlenee of the dead. In looking ever, re- 
cently, some scores of notices of the death and character 
of our deceased ministers, | have observed a generality of 
deseription, a sameness of report, which, | tear, is calew- 
fered to make an impression, unfriendly to the well-known 
fret, that we have had in our Chureh a great variety of 
valent and usefulness: and certaindy it belongs to the his- 
tory of the Chineh, the biography of her distinguished 
individuals, to point out. and clearly develop, the divers~ 
iy al talent, character, and labor, of which we are now 
speaking. . 2. But tu return to our subject. 


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#22 AUTOBIOGRAPILY OF 
“John P. Finley was born in North Carolina, June 15, 


Cas. 


1783. From childhood he was marked as possessing no 


eommon share of intelleet. He was carly placed at school, 
andl while in his abeecdirian course, he evinced an apti- 
tude to learn, that induced his father, a distinguished Pres- 
byterian clergyman, who is now, at the age of seventy, a 
Methodist traveling preacher, to give him a classical edu- 
cation, Owing to his habits of industry and persever- 
ance, he soon acquired a competent knowledge of the 
sciences, and a reputable acquaintance with the learned 
languages, Of the Enolish language he was a pertect 
master, and taught its proper use with almost unrivaled 
success. From the age of twelve or fourteen years, he was 
oltcn deeply affected with a sense of sin, and the import- 
ance of repentance and faith; but his mind was so much 
perplexed with the doctrines of absolute personal predesti- 
netion, of whieh his father was then a strenuous and able 
asserter, that he came to ne decision on the subject of 
religious opinions, til he reached the vears of manhood, 
Abeut the age of twenty-one he married, xud soon after 
wis brought to the knowledge of salvation by the remission 
of his sins. Barly after his conversion, he was convineed 
that a tdispensation of the Gospel’ had been eommitted 
to him. He wetrhed well the impressions and convictions 
of his mind and heart. in relation to the tearful and respou- 
sble business of a Christian minister: but when finally 
snd fully convineed of his duty, he did not hesitate. There 
were indeed mony reasons wiy he should econter with flesh 
and blood: bat, with his characteristic firmness, he re- 
jected them all, and took the pulpit, L think, in 1811. At 
the ime of bis conversion he resided in Highland county, 
Ohio. His ministerial career was commenced during a 
residence in Union, Greene county, Ohio, whither he had 
been called to take charge of a seminary. At the head 
ef this institvtion he continued about six years, living and 


a er 


TOE») AMS 8s CITA ES, aay 


preaching the religion of Christ in its native simplicity and 
power . : 

©Trom Union he removed to Dayton, distant only about 
thirty miles, and conducted an academy in this place tor 
two years. It was here our acquaintance and intimacy 
commenced, which ended only with his useful lite. He 
leit Dayton, beloved and revretted of all, and aceepicd a 
call to superintend a respectable seminary in Steubenville, 
Ohiv. In this place he continued not quite two years. In 
iis ministerial exertions he was ‘instant in season and out 
of reason,’ and labored with more than ordinary success. 
lis next remove was to Piqua, Ohio, where he continued 
as principal of an academy for tour years. In ail these 
places lis pulpit efforts were highly acceptable ; his social 
Intercourse seasoned with dignity and piety, and his resi- 
dence a blessing tv all about him. From this place he 
made his Jast remove to Augusta, Kentucky. Here he 
taught a classical schvol for some time, and was alterward 
appointed principal of Augusta College, in which relation 
he continued till the time of his death. In these severat 
places his labors in the pulpit were considerable, and cx- 
teusively useful. All who knew him esteemed him as 2 
man of talents and irreproachable Chrisuan character, 
dic was, indeed, all in all, one of the must amiabic, guile- 
less men Lo ever knew: never did I know a man more 
periccuy under the influence of moral and religious prin- 
ciple. His uniturm course was one of digh and unbend- 
qu rectitude. 

“One error, as reported in the ‘Minutes, 


» 


respect 
ing his conversion, 1 must beg leave to correct. 1 de 
ii upon his vown authority, when living, and that of his 
brovier, the Rev. James B. Finley, superintendent of the 
Wryandoit mission. There is something rather remarkable 
inthe nianner in which these worthy ministers were Hirst 
browght to reflect with more than ordinary concern upon 


424 ATYOBIOGRAPHY OF 


their latter end. John and James were amusing theme 
selves in the forest wih their guns; and as John was sit 
ting carelessiy upon his horse, James's gun accidentally 
went off, and the contents enme very near entering John’s 
head. (‘The brothers were mutually alarmed, humbled, 
and thankful: they were more than ever struck with the 
melancholy truth, that ‘in the midst of lite we are in 
death? They refleeted upon their unpreparedness to meet 
death, and appearin judgment. Each promised the other 
he would retorm; and the result was, they were both led 
to seek religion, as the only preparation for Urernity, 
Both the brothers agree in stating that this cireumstance 
was the means, in the hand of God, of their awakening 
and conversion, as neither of them was in the habit of 
attewding the preaching of the Gospel before the inquie- 
tude and alarm created by this oeeasion, I have been 
thus minute in detailing the immediate means of his eon- 
Version, at the request of a surviving brother, in whose 
estimation the apparent incompetency of the means mays 
nities the grace of God, in this singntlar dispensation of 
Wended merey and providence. 

‘olin 2. Finley was in the wninistry about fifteen years, 
He was ordained deacon by Bishop Asbury, on the 17th 
wf Seprember, 1614. He reeeived ordination as elder at 
the hands of Bishop Roberts, July 2, P20. At the time 
of his death he was a member of the Kentucky annual 
conlerence, actively dividing his tine and energies between 
the business of collegiate instruction and the labor of the 
pialpit. 

“As a men, the subject of these recollections was en- 
esgingly amiable, ingenuons, and agreeable. Equally 
removed from attectation and reserve, the cirele in whieh 
he moved felt the presence of s friend, and the influence 
of a Christian and minister. 

“As u teacker, his excellence was acknowledged by ail 


REV. JAMES B, FINLEY. 425 


who were competent to decide upon his claims; and 
though he yvloricd more in being found a pupil in the 


sehool of Christ, yet he was no stranger to the academy — 


and Tyeeum, 

As a husband, there is one living isnt tears have 
bow his eulogy, and to whom, with his si children, 
friendship inscribes these lines. | 4 
hs oa futher. he was worthy of his eter and in 
— pointing them to another and better world, he was always 

vente to lead the way himself. 

As a sriend, he was warm, ardent, and confiding, and 
not Jess vencrous than constant. His intimate friends, 
however, were few and well selected. 

As a minister, in the pulpit, he was able, impressive, 
and overwhelming. The cross of his redemption was his 
theme; and in life and death it became to him the ‘em- 
phasis of every joy.’ In all these relations [T knew him 
well, and can, therefore, speak from the confidence of per- 
sonal knowledge and accredited information. 

~The last time | saw him, 1 preached a sermon, at his 
request, on the ‘Inspiration of the Scriptures.” When £ 
had retired to my room, he called on me, in company 
with adriend, and, in his usual frank manner, embraced 
me, and observed, “11—, L thank you for that sermon, 
awl L expeet to repeat my gratitude in heaven.’ — Little 
did L think at this interview that Lwas gazing on my friend 
for ihe last time, and that in cighteen months his ripened 
virtues were to reecive the rewards of the heavenly world! 
Bat so it was; and 1, less fit to die, am spared another and 
another year. 

“Ife died on the 8th of May, 1825, in the forty-second 
year of his age, and sixtcenth of his minisary; and at the 
sune time that this bereaved family wept upon his grave, 
the sadness of the Chureh told that she had lost one of 
her brightest ornaments. Just before his triumphant spirit 

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rose to sink and sigh no more, he was asked how he felt, 
and what were his prospects upon entering the dark val- 
ley and shadow of death. He replied, in language worthy 
of immortality, ‘Not the shadow of a doubt; I have 
Christ within, the hope of glory. That comprehends all” 
and then, with the protomartyr, he ‘fell asleep.’ 20 

“Such is a very imperfect sketch of the lite, character, 
and death of John P. Finley. God grant, reader, that 
you and [may share the glory that gilded the ne hours 
of his toil!” 

1 will close this sketch by inserting the Rev. Sealine 
Stumper’s dream. He was intimately acquainted with 
my brother, and the remarkable dream which he had 
wis in relation to him. Jt was communicated to me as 
follows : 

“J was much attached to brother Finley and ee? to bat 
We lived in habits of the closest intimacy and Christian 
confidence. He was taken ill when I was at a distance, 
and the news of his sickness and death came together to 
me. 1 felt that L had Jost one of my best friends, and 
mourned for him as a dear brother departed, and probably 
that gave rise to the dream. In my slumbers 1 thought I 
went to lis house, where Eused often to go with pleasure 
in his Ufetime. He weleomed me at the door with his 
usual urbanity. Twas ghul to see him, and he expressed 
urest joy to see me, though IT knew he was dead. We 
sat down side and side by the fire. Iwas at onee filled 
wih curiosity to learn something from him respecting the 
world of spirits. Tle locked at me earnestly, and said, 

“+ Prother, you are filed with curiosity? 

“1 replied, *Yes. my mind has taken a very curious 
turn.’ 

“Well? said he, ‘ask me any question you see proper, 
and [will satisfy you so far as T ean consistently with the 
low of the country where 1 live.’ 


REY. FAVS BH. PINGHRY. 2 arg 


—T then proceeded, and asked, ‘Brother, are you 
happy ? 

“«* Ves,’ said he, ‘I am happy as heaven can make me. 

“T then asked, ‘When you died did you enter immedi- 
ately into heaven ?” 

««No,’ said he; ‘but I immediately started for it, and 
T was the space of three days arriving there, though I 
flew with more than the velocity of a sunbeam. I passed 
beyond the boundaries of this system, and lost sight of 
the most distant star that twinkles in these skies, and 
entered into thick and uninterrupted darkness.’ Then 
pausing, he looked at me most expressively, and said, 
*O, hell is a solemn reality! After this,’ said he, ‘I ali 
at once burst into the glories of heaven.’ 

“Said I, ‘The Scriptures represent heaven as a glori- 
ous city, such a one as was never seen on earth, and by 
other splendid and beautiful imagery. Is this entirely 
figurative, or is it a literal description ?’ 

«*Tt is,’ said he, ‘partly figurative and partly ‘iil 
Heaven is a local residence, gloriously fitted up for the 
abode of saints and angels, where the glory of God is re- 
venled to an extent that is not known in any other part 
of his dominion, where the evloritied humanity of Jesus is 
ever seen and admired by the whole company of heaven. 
There is nothing material there, but all spiritual, immate- 
rial, and imperishable. All the beautiful imagery of the 
Seriptures are there seen, though of a spiritual charaeter, 
such as the trees ever green, the golden streets, ete.’ 

“eT then inguired if the saints in heaven knew each 
other. 

ee Ore perfectly,’ said he, *than they did here. | 
knew at sight all the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles.’ 

“Tothen desired to know if the satnts in heaven were 
aequiinted with the affairs of earth. 

««Only,’ said he, ‘as they are permitted ty visit: the 


428 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 
earth, as Lam at this time. This they often Here 
sometimes sent as ministering angels,’ i 


«After this he said, ‘1 desire to know how you : are 
getling on in the work of God.’ 

“TI replied, ‘About as we were when. you used to be 
with us.’ 

“He then asked, ‘Do the Methodists pay their reach 
ers no better than formerly ? 

‘T sod. ‘No 

“QO,” said he, ‘what a pity—what a pity! The itiner- 
ant plan is the plan of God. He designs it to take the 
world, and nothing will prevent it but a want of liberality 
in our people. But,’ said he, ‘you must never locate. 
God has called you to this work. He will support 
you. You will live to be a very old man, and may be 
very useful.’ He then repeated, with a very heavy em- 
phasis, ‘You must never lucate. If [ had my life to live 
asain, 1 would travel if L begged my bread from door to 
door, You know | often told you L believed it was my 
duty to travel, and had [L obeyed L should have shone 
mach brighter in heaven than I now do.” He then added, 
with a most affectionate tons and look, ‘O, brother, don’t 
Joeate ; God will support you.” He then reached up to 
the chimney-piece, and took down a considerable roll of 
bank-netes of the most singular and beautiful appearance 
JT had ever seen, and, handing them to me, he said, *Lere, 
these are for you.’ 

* LT said, * Brother, | would rather you would give that 
money ty your wile. You know your family are depend- 
ent. 

He answered, * Nog itis for you. There is a bank in 
heaven for the mean of itinerant preachers, and this is 
for you.” [ then took it. He then said, ‘It is almost 
time for me to go; bat we must worship toyether before 
we part.’ He sang loud and animated, and while I was 


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praying he shouted aloud, as he used often to do when we 
were toycther at meeting. My soul beeame filled. I 
never was more happy; and even after I awoke my very 
heart suny praises to God. He then bade me an atlee- 
tionace adieu, we parted, and I awoke.” 


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CHAPTER 22VTI. 


SEERTCH OF THE RAV. WILLTAM Bi OCBRIG TIS. 


Tonave already alluded to this beloved brother, and 
propose furnishing my readers with a short sketch of his 
useful life, 

Brother Christie was born in Williamsburg, Clermont 
county, Ohio, on the 2d of September, 1805. In early 
life he embraced religion and joined the Methodist Epis- 
eopal Chureh. In the vear 1825 he was admitted into 
the traveling connection and appointed to Union ecireuit. 
He owas called to fill some of the most important appoint- 
ments in the gift of the Church. In the several import- 
ant fields of Jabor he sustained himself well as a minister, 
and by his geal and fidelity he proved, under God, a 
erent blessing to the Church, That his labors were 
thase of an aeeredited embussador of Christ is attested 
by thousinds who were blessed with his ministrations, 
Numerous witnesses of the power of Christ to save were 
revised up through his instrumentality. That he pos- 
sessed the affection and eontidence of his brethren and 
companions in toil is evident from the faet that. by their 
oully ges. he was thrice honered with a seat m the Gen-— 
eral conference.”’ 

The persouel appearanee of brother Christie was pre- 
possessing In an eminent degree. He was somewhat 
above the medium hight. His hair was black as a raven, 
his eyes dark and piercinaly brilliant. and, when lighted 
up fay with the inspiration of his theme, they shot un- 
carthiy fires, About his countenance there was a bland 


REV. FAMES LB. FINLEY. 431 


and sometimes almost seraphie sweetness, especially when, 
with soft and measured cadences, he would labor to win 
his rapt and listening audiences to the cross, or bear them 
away on imagination’s wing to heaven. His equal in the 
pulpit for fervid oratory we never saw before; his like in 
rapid, impassioned cloquence we never expect to look 
upon again. Tis ambition—and who that excels has it 
not?—was of that towering kind which sought to rise 
above all others, but never stooped in envious flight to 


pluck another’s honors. 

{ will refer to the admirably-written memoir contained 
in the Minutes of the Ohio conference for 1843: 

“As aman, brother Christie was insenuous, cuileless, 
magnanimous, and ardent in affection. Dignitied in de- 
portment and courteous in his manners. he won the atlee- 
tions of all with whom he had intercourse. Lis mental 
endowments were of a high order, and having in youth 
enjoved the advantages of a colleve life at Auvusta, under 
the presidency of the Rey. John VP. Finley, he received 
that training and acquired those elements and principles 
which qualified him for the attainment of those stores of 
knowledve which, in after life, were so richly developed 
during lis ministerial carver. Tlence, as a divine, it has 
been justly remarked, that he had few equals, if any 
superiors. Profoundty versed in the science of theology 
and ecclesiastical polity, in the pulpit and on the conter- 
enee floor, he handled his subjeets with a power and shill 
that rarely failed of success. But the pulpit, pre-emi- 
nently, was the theater of his greatness, and the sufler- 
invs of Christ the glory of his theme. Calm and col- 
Teeted in his introduction, erutious in the statement of his 
positions, cogent in his reasonings, apposite in his iluastra- 
dons, and appropriate in his Seriptural uotations, he ear 
ried conviction to the understandings of his audienec, and 


then, rising with the inspiration of his subject, with the 


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432 AUTOBIOGRAPHY or 


fervor and pathos of his appeals, under the glowings ot 
the Spirit of God, he forced the citadel of the hearts of 
his hearers, aval made them feel the power of the Gospel 
of Christ. Throueh him the violated law of God an- 
nounced its threatened penalty, the claims of Divine jus- 
tice were vindieated, ull the sinner, self-condemned, was 
earried to the cross of Jesus, and offered and pressed for 
his aceeptanee, by faith in the blood of atonement, a 
present, tree, and full salvation. And, doubtless, many 
throuch his instrumentality were saved, and will shine as 
stars in his erown ef rejoicing forever and ever. But this 
bright luminary in the moral heavens was destined to be 
quenched ere it bad traveled the whole length of the 
ordinary path of human life. i ar 
“Tn the carly part of brother Christie’s ministerial life 
his health failed him, owing to his abundant labors an 
his untiring ussiluity in the pursuit of useful knowledge. 
Hlenec. tor meny years he suffered much afflietion and 
almost continual pain, but did pot intermit hisdabors till 
he was absolutely compelled to desist from his work and 
repair te the becom of his friends to close his earthly 
eareer, For this purpose he left his station at Urbana, 
and went to the city of Cineipnati, But when he reached 
Dy, Wrights, in Cincinnati, on ‘Tuesday evening, he was 
nih prostrated, took his bed, and cdechned more rapidly 
then before. The next morning after he arrived, two min- 
ivtertal brethren aaied to see him. Dis face was flushed 
with fever, and his system wasted almost to a shadow, 
He was much affected at the interview, and said his 
nerves were shattered, lat his confidence in God was un- 
shaken. Tle knew io whom he had believed. He had net 
preached an nuknown or untelt Savior, and the Gospel 
which he had long preached to others was then his consa- 
Jation. The «alls of his numerous friends so taxed nig 
sympathy and his strength that his physicians found it 


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* REW. JAMES B TINLEY. 435 


requisite to Jay some restriction on them, or suffer him 
to be much hastened in his departure ; aud, with all the 
care that could be taken by physicians and friends, he did 
not last long, 

““\mony the numerous incidents indicating the state 
of his mind during the last hours of his earthly existence, 
only a few will be recited. 
© Saturday morning, a little afier midnight, he re- 
quested a brother, who was sitting near him, to eall Dr. 
Wright, who came in and found him rapidly sinking. He 
asked brother C. if he felt worse. His reply was, that he 
had ereat difliculty of breathing. After some means of 
temporary relict had becn administered, he asked the 
Doctor, *What does this mean?’ In reply, the Doctor 
inquired if he would like to sce some of his friends. 
Brother C. then said, ‘Why do you ask the question? 
Do you think I am pretty near home?’ On being in- 
formed that he was undoubtedly worse, he looked round 
upon his wife and friends, calm and collected, and said, 
‘Jam not alarmed. Tam not afraid to die.” Extending 
and looking at his hands, he remarked, ‘Jesus, with his 
bleeding hands, will not thrust me away.’ Next, he took 
his two ditthe sons, embraeed, and commended them to 
God. Soon after this, brother Schon, having been sent 
for, entered his room, to whom he extended his hand, 
and, with a countenance bright with hope, said, * Brother 
Sehon, To am almost home.” After exchangine a few 


words, he requested brother S. to pray, and durine the 


prayer he appeared to be perteetly happy. This ever, he 
beckoned brother S. to his bed, and by him sent the tol- 
towing message: “Tell my brethren at the conference, if 
they think my name worthy of being mentioned, that 1 
have not preached an unknown and an untelt Christ. 
Tell them, that theugh unworthy and unfaithful. that 
Gospel which I have preached to others now sustains me, 
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454 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF . 


Tell the preachers to preach Christ and him crucified. 
ell them my only hope, my only foundation, is in the 
blood of sprinkling. Precious blood! O, the fullness, 
the sweetness, the richness of that fountain? After — 
praising God for sume time, he turned his eyes en his 
Weeping companion, and made some reference tu his tem: 
poralities, but instantly observed, they were small mat- 
ters, litle things, assuring her that God would provide for 
her and his jitthe children. About two o'clock Bishop 
Morris arrived, and found him bolstered up in his bed, 
covered with the sweat of death, and much exhausted by 
the cifurts he had made to speak, as above described. 
He, however, reached out his hand, and said distinedy, 
‘Lam almost home. 1 feel that God is good to me, said 
that Jesus Christ is my selvation.”” No question was 
asked him, and, being exhausted, he desisted from speak- 
ing for a while, and then, looking at his distressed wite, 
we understood him to say, ‘Jesus is precious.” When 
unable to articulate, he often Hfted his cold hand in token 
of vietory; and again, as though snxious io make us un- 
derstand his meaning, he raised his hend high above his 
head. and waved it in triumph. After some time, he 
raised both hands at onee, amd extended them berore hiny 
as if just rising on ‘the wings of love and arms of faith,’ 
and then, in an enimating manner, brought his hands 
together, ‘riumpling over death, his last enemy. Ad that 
time we sapposed le would speak tio more; tor when his 
companion desired to hear his yoiee onee more an earth, 
he cowid only look at her and point his fingwr to heaxen, 
However, not long before bis exif be raised bis hands 
ticgh, and brother 8. asked him if he wanted any fuing, 
He shoos bis head. Brother 5. then asked. hin if if wats 
power and glory. His countenance brightened up, while 
be nodded bis hewi ofiewatively. and his strengikh relurn- 
if2 ty him, he shouted aload, clapping his hands and giv- 


Tare ws 


REY. PAIRS Bo PITH ET ING 


ing glory to God. The sume peculianiiy of manner, forni 
of expression, end even gesture, which marked his pulpit 
and altar performances, were strikingly exhibited in his 
closing scene. ‘To the last he seemed to be conscious and 
triumphant. About seven o’clock, Saturday morning, 
March 26, 1842, without a sigh or groan, his deathless 
spirit passed in peace and triumph from earth, to appear 
before the presence of God with exceeding joy. - Cine 
overwhelming crowd of all classes of people that thronged 
to his funeral at Wesley Chapel, and attended his remains 
vo their last resting-place on earth, afforded abundant evi- 
dence of the estimate they placed upon his character. 


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; CHAPTER LENG 3% ade 
INDIAN BIOGRAPHY. | 
MONONCUE, 


Pur renowned chia -of the Wyandott satibatieih dBi * 
medium in stature, and remarkably symmetrical in form. | 
He was one of the most active men I ever knew, quick in| a 
his motions as thought, and fleet as the roe in the chase. — 

Asa speaker, ho possessed a native cloquence which was — 
tnily wonderful, Few could stand before the overwhelm- 
ing torrent of his cloguence. He was a son of Thunder. 
When inspired with his theme, he could move a large 
assembly with as much ease, and rouse them to as high @; , 
state of excitement, as any speaker [ ever heard. , 

There is a peculiarity in Indian eloquence which it is | 
difficult tu describe. To form a currect idea of its char: 
acter, you must be in the hearing and sight of the son of — 
the forest; the tones of his voice and the flash of his i. 
must fall upon you, and you must see the significant 
mevements of his body. As an orator, Mononcue was 
hol surpassed by any chietiain. . 

I will give a specimen or two of the cloquence of thi 
gifted son of nature. Limagine yourself, gentle reader, i 
the depths of the forest, surrounded by hundreds of chic 
and warriors, all sunk in the degradation and darkness of 
Paganism. They have been visited by ihe missionary, 
and several converted Indian chiefs. One atier another 
the chiefs rise and address the assembly, but with so 
eflect. The dara seowl of infidelity settles on their 
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indicate that their speeches are not acceptable, and their 
doctrines not believed. 
— At Jength Mononcue rises amidst confusion and disturb- 
ance, and ordering silence with a commanding voice, he 
addresses them as follows: 

«When you meet to worship God, and to hear from his 
word, shut up your mouths, and open your ears to hear 
what is said. You have been here several days and 
nights worshiping your Indian god, who has no existence, 
only in your dark and beclouded minds. You have been 
burning your dogs and venison for him to smell. What 
kind of a God or Spirit is he, that can be delighted with 
the smell of a burnt dog? Do you supnose the great God 
that spread out the heavens, that hune up the sun and 
moon, and all the stars, to make light, and spread out this 
vast world of land and water, and filled it with men and 
beasts, and every thing that swims or flies, is pleased with 
the smell of your burnt dogs? I tell you to-day, that his 
ereat eye is on your hearts, and not on your fires, to sce 
and smell what you are burning. Has your worshiping 
here these few days made you any beiter? Do you feel 
that you have gotten the victory over one evil? No! 
You have not taken the first step to do Detter, which is to 
keep this day holy. This day was appointed by God 
himself a day of rest for all men, and a day on which 
men are to worship him with pure heurts, and to come 
before him, that he may examine their hearts, and cast 
out all their evil. This day is appointed for lis ministers 
to preach to us Jesus, and to teach our dark and cloudy 
minds, and to bring them to light.” He here spoke of 
the Savior, and his dying to redeem the world; that now 
life and salvation are freely offered to all that will forsake 
sin and turn to God. He adverted to tne judgment day, 
and the awful consequences of being found in sin, and 
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4358 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | 


awlul. He burst into tears: he caught the handkerehiel 
from his head. and wiped them from his eyes. Neiein 
the house sat as if they were petrified, while others wept 
iu silence. Many of the femaies drew their blankets over 
their faces and wept. “ Awful, awful day to the wicked!” 
said this thundering minister. ‘Your faces will look much 
blacker with your shame and guilt, than they do now with 
your paint.” Lhave no doubt but God was with Monon- 
cue on this oceasion, and that many were convicted of sin 
and a judement to come. 

On the first of January, at our mission in U Jone douse 
dusky, while 1 had charge of the same, 1 was called to 
bury one of our litde flock, an aged woman, the mother of — 
Jaco, and aunt to Mononeue. She lived at the Big Spring 
reservation, fifteen miles from the mission house. On the 
Sabbath before her death, L conversed with her about her 
future hopes. She rejoiced, and praised God that he had 
ever sent his ministers to preach Jesus to her and her peo- 
pie. bt have been trying,” said she, “to serve God for 
years; but it was all in the dark, tll the ministers brought 
the light to my mind, and then I prayed, and tound my 
God precious to my poor soul. Now 1 am going soon to 
see him in his house above; and L want all my children, 
and yrandchildren, and friends, to mect me in that good 
world.” She died a few days after, in great peace. 1 was 
sent for, to go and bury her. Brother Riley and myselt 
rede there in the night, and carly in the morning com- 
towneced making the eoftin. Lt was late before we could 
tnish i, and, consequently, late before the funeral was 
over, But Lthink L shail wever forget the seene. Lt was 
berween sundown and dark when we left with the eorpse 
The lowering elouds hung heavily over us, and the virgin 
stow was faing, We entered a deep and lonely wood, 
jour men cmrrying the bier, and the resi all following in 
Indian tle, When we came to the burying-ground, the 


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indians stood wrapped up in their blankets, lesning against 
the forest trees, in breathless silence; and all bore the as-_ 
pect of death. Not one word was said while the grave 
was filling up; but from the daughter, and some of the 
grandchildren, now and then a broken sigh escaped. At 
last Mononcue broke out in the following strains: ‘Fare- 
weil, my old and precious aunt! You have suffered much 
in this world of sin and sorrow. You set us all a good 
example, and we have often heard you speak of Jesus in 
the sweetest strains, while the falling tears have witnessed 
the sincerity of your heart. Farewell, my aunt! We 
shall no more hear your teader voice, that used to lull all 
our sorrows, and drive our fears from us. Farewell, my 
aunt! That hand that fed us will feed us no more. Fare- 
well to your sorrows: all is over. There your body must 
jie till the voice of the Son of God shall call youup. We 
weep not with sorrow, but with joy, that your sou! is in 
heaven.” Then he said, “ Who of you all will meet her in 
heaven?” This was a feeling and happy time, and we 
parted, I think, fully determined to die the death of the 
righicous. We rode home that night, fifteen miles, and 
felt greatly comforted in talking of the goodness of God 
and the power of his grace. ‘Blessed are the dead that 
die in the Lord from heneeforth.’’ 

Mononene was of great service to the mission as a local 
preacher, and was always prompt in the discharge of every 
duty. Ile was 

“Bold to take up, firm to sustain 
The couseerated cross.” 
Ready for every good word and work, he engaged with 
the utmost cheerfulness in every thing his brethren desired 
hing to do, that woulkl advance the eause of his Master. 
Lwas most deeply attached to him, and lived on terms ot 
the most warm and confiding friendship during his iit. 


But Mononcue, mv faithful Indian friend and brother, 1 


440 ATUTORIOGRAPHY OF - oo 


gone. Tle has fought the good fight, he has finished nis — 
course, he has kept the faith,” and now he dwells with 
the Savior above. ee er 
RETWEEN-THE-LOGS. ve 

Tur distinguished chief whose likeness the leabesetl 
find accompanying this biography, was born near Lower 
Sandusky, about the year 1780. His father was a Sencea, 
and his mother a Wyandoit, belonging to the Bear tribe. 
When he was about eight or nine years old, his father and 
mother parted —a thing very common among the heathen 
Tndiaus, After this, Le lived with his father Sil the old 
men’s death, by which time he had nearly arrived at man- 
hood. Atter the death of his father, he lived with his 
meiher, among the Wyandotts, Of the particulars of -~ 
lite, previous to this time, there is but little known. Not 
Jone atter his return to his mother, he: joined Indian war- 
riors, and with them suffered a defeat by the army under 
Gon. Wayne, in the decisive battle at the Rapids of Mau- 
mee. «He then lived at Lower Sandusky. His good 
sense, persevering and enterprising disposition, with his 
Jrempt ebedienve to the commands of the: aoe and 
fi bral discharge of whatever duty was assiv 
von toeall him into public notice in the nation, ar 
the foundation for his being promoted to the otis a 
ehiets and beeause of his retentive memory, and ability in 
(oscussion, he was constitated ehief-speaker of the nation. 
Tle soon became the indinaate friend and counselor of the 
heodehief When he was about twenty-five years old. he 
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to gyoted Shawnee Prophet —Teeumseh's brether—with 
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Shortly after his return from this Prophet, the late war 
commenced. On the part of the Wyandotts, he and the 
head chief attended a great Indian council of the northern 
nations, at Brownstown, in which he firmly rejected all 
overtures to join in the war against the Amcricans, 
although surrounded by warriors attached to the opposite 
interest. They left the council, and, on their return to 
Sandusky, immediately joined the American cause. When 
Gen. Harrison invaded Canada, Between-the-logs, in com- 
puny with a party of Wyandott chiefs and warriors, at- 
tended him. But the principal object of the chief, at this 
time, was to detach that part of the Wyandotts from the 
British interest, who, by the surrounding Indians, had, in 
x measure, been foreed to join the English. This was 
effected. : 

After the war, he became permanently settled in the 
neighborhood of Upper Sandusky. He now sometimes 
indulged in intemperance to excess, on which occasions 
unbridled passion got the better of his natural good sense. 
In one of these drunken fits he killed his wife. As well 
as I now recollect, Between-the-logs was excited to this 
deed by a wretch who owed her some ill-will, and took 
the opportunity of his drunkenness, and insisted that she 
was a bad woman, a witch, ete., and that he ought to kill 
her. For some time he maintained that she was a good 
woman, and refused; but was, at last, overcome, and 
stabbed her. When he beeame sober, the horror of this 
deed made so deep an impression on his mind, that from 
that day forth he measurably abandoned all use of ardent 
spirits. Being deeply impressed with a sense of the ne- 
eessity of a preparation for another world, and having 
a strong regard for his countrymen, he frequently be- 
souvht them to forsake drunkenness, and pursue a right- 
eous life. 

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wisdom and courage. The United Siates having ‘aban. 
arrangements to extinguish the Indian utile to the Jands— 
claimed by them in Ohio, eommissioners were sent fo trent 
with them. The Wyandotis refused to sell their Jand:— 
but the Chippewas, Potawntomies, and Ottowas, without 
any right. sid claim to a great part of their land. Ga- 
briel Godfroy and Whitmore Knayes, Indian agents for 
these uations, proposed in open council, in behalf of the 
Chippewas, ete., to sell said land. The commissioners 

then declared, that if the Wyandotts would not sell their 
lands, they would buy them of the others.  Between-the- 
Joes firmly opposed all these measures; but however just 
his cause, or manly his arguments, they were lost upon 
nen determined on their course. The Wyandotts, finding 
themselves so eireumstanced, and not being able to help 
themselves, were thus forced to sell on the terms proposed 
hy the commissioners. They did the best they could, and 
signed the treaty; but only from a strong hope that, by 
representing to the President and the government the true 
state of things, before the treaty was ratified, they should 
obtiuin some redress from government. In resorting to 
this course, Between-the-logs acted a principal part. Ac- 
cordingly he, with the Wyandott chiefs, and a delegation 
from the Delawares and Seneeas, immediately proceeded 
to Washington, without consulting the Indian agents, or 
any other offeer of government, When they were intre- 
Caced to the Seeretary of War, he remarked to them that 
Ne owas surprised that he had received no information of 
their coming by any of the agents, Between-the-logs 
answered with the spirit of a free man, « We got up, aud 
come of aurselees, We becieved the great road was free for 
ws. He so pleaded thelr eause before the President, 
Secretary of War. and Congress, that they obtained an 
enlargement of their reservations, and an increase of an- 
wuities. 


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REV. DAMS BY FINLEY. 445 


About a year afterward the Gospel was introauced 


zmony the Wyandotts, by a colored man, named John 
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maintiined its cause in the national council; and when, 


wart. Between-the-logs was decidedly in its favor, and 


some time afterward, I formed a Church among them, he 
was the first man who joined society, the first who turned 
his back on their old, heathen traditions. 

Afier he embraced religion, and his understanding be- 
exame enlightened, he earnestly pressed upon his people 


the necessity of faith in Christ, and a life of righteous- 
ness. Svon after this, he was regularly appointed an ex- 
horicr in the Church, in which station he remained till his 
death, a devoted friend and advocate of the cause of God. 
He also watched with unremitting diligence over the tem- 
poral interests of the nation; enduring the fatigues of 
business, and of the longest journeys, for the welfare of 
his peeple, without complaint. He was uniformly an 
attendant upon the Ohio annual conference, at which he 
made sume of the most rational and eloquent speeches 
ever delivered by an Indian before that body. He feli, 
and always manifested a deep interest in the welfare of 
the mission and school. 

The following address was delivered by Between-the- 
Joes, at the anniversary of the Missionary Society, in the 


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city of New York, in the spring of 1826. After giving a 
history of the introduction of the Roman Catholic religion 
into his nation, and the influence it had on his people, he 
says: “It is rue, we went to Church on the Sabbath day, 
and then the minister preached; but we did not under- 
stand one word he said. We saw he kneeled down, and 


od up, and went through motions with his great dress 
on; and when Church was out we all went to a place 
where they sold rum and whisky, got drank, and went 
home drank. Ife would tell us we must not wet drunk ; 


but he would drink himself, and trolic and dance on the 


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Sabbath. We counted our beads, and kept atta nh sai all 
about our necks, or under our pillows, and would some- 
times pray to ti Virgin Mary, But we were all as we 
were before. It made no change on us, and I began to 
think it was not as good as the religion of our fathers; 
for they taught us to be good men and women, to worship 
the Great Spirit, and to abstain from all evil. Soon after, 
the Senceea Prophet came to our nation, and he told us 
that he had found the right way; that he had a revelation” 
and had seen and talked with an angel, and was directed 
to teach all the Indians; that they must quit drinking, and 
must take up their old Indian religion, and offer their con- 
stunt sacrifices, as their fathers had done, which had been 
nevieeted too much; and, on aceount of this, the Great 
Spirit had rorsaken them. But if they would come back 
and follow him, that he would yet drive the white man 
back to his native home. We all followed him till we saw 
he went crooked, and did not do himself what he taught 
us todo. Then we followed him no more, but returned 
to our old course. Some time atterward exme the Shaw- 
nee Prophet, the brother of Tecumseh, and he told us 
that a great many years ayo there lived a prophet that had 
foretold the present state of the Indians, that they would 
be seattered and driven from their homes; but that the 
(reat Spirit had said that he would make them stand on 
their fect again, and would drive the white man back over 
the waters, aud vive them their own country; that he had 
seen un angel, and he told him that all the Indians must 
quit drinking, and all turn to thei old ways that their 
grandfathers had followed, and unite and aid to drive the 
whites from our country. Many believed and followed 
lim. Bat Thed vot tired. and thought it was the best for 
me to keep on ia the old way, and so we continued. Then 
the war came on, and we all went to drinking and fighting. 
When the war wes over, we were a nation of drunkards, 


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REV. JAMES B. FINLEY. 445 


and so wicked that the chiefs thought we must try and 
get up our old religion of feasting and dancing. We did 
our best to get our people to quit drinking. But while 
we were trying to reform, God sent a colored man named 
Stewart to us with the good Book. He began to talk, and 
sing, and pray; but we thought it was all nothing, and 
many made fun of him because he was a black man. 
The white traders told us we ought to drive him away: 
for the white people would not let a black man preach for 
them. We, however, watched his walk, and found that 
he walked straight, and did as he said. At last the word 
took hold, and many began to listen, and believed it was 
right, and soon we began to pray, and we found that it 
was of God. Then others came, and they told us the 
same things. ‘The work broke out, and God has done 
great things for us. I was among the first that took hold, 
and I found it was the religion of the heart, and from 
God. It made my soul happy, and does yet. The school 
is doing well. Our children are learning to read the good 
Book, and promise fair to make good and useful men. 
We thank you, our friends, for all the kindness and help 
you have shown us, and hope you will continue to help 
us (ill we ean stand alone and walk. We will do our best 
to spread this religion at home, and send it to all nations. 
When at home [I am accustomed to hear my_ brothers 
talk; but -ince I came here I can not understand what 
is said. I wonder if the people understand one another; 


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for I sec but little effect from what is said ;’? meaning that 


the Gospel preached had but little visible effect. 

T then followed, and gave some account of the mission, 
the work of God among the Indians, the school, farm, and 
our prospects generally. 

Rev. James Gilruth, who visited Between-the-lovs in 
his last illness, which was pulmonary consumption, says: 
“On my first visit [ strove to be faithful. T asked him 


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of his hope. He said it was ‘the merey of God in Christ? 
Lasked him of his evidence. He said it was ‘the comfort 
of the Spirit.” Tasked him if he was afraid to die. — He 
said, ‘lL am not.’ [ inquired if he felt resigned to yo. 
Tle said, ‘1 have felt some desires of the world, but they 
are all gone. L now feel willing to die or live, as the 
Lord sees best.? Some days afterward I visited him 
again. I found his mind still staid on God; but he wag 
evidently approaching his dissolution. [informed him 
that there were some evidences that his son—Richard 
Reese, his only child—had experienced religion. He 
rejoiced, and said, * I wish you to keep him at the mis- 
sion. Itvis the best place for him. Keep him at school; 
keep him out of bad company.’ A few days after this ke 
closed lis life, in peace with God and man, on the Ist of 
January, 1627, about the forty-sixth year of his agonal 
was buried in the graveyard by the meeting-house.” ys 

T preached his funeral sermon to a large, attentive, ie 
weeping company of his people, the mission family, ete. 

Between-the-logs was rather above the common stat- 
ure, broad, and thin’ built, but otherwise well-propor- 
tioned, with an open and manly countenance, a 

Through his life he had to contend with strong pas- 
sions, which, through grace, he happily overcame in the 
end. His memory was so tenacious that he retained 
every matter of importance, and related it, when neces- 
cary, with animate correctness that was truly astonishing, 
And sueh were his natural abilities otherwise, that, had 
he received a suitable edueation, few would have exceeded 
him, either us a minister of the Gospel or as a Hane 
or politician, 

Many interesting incidents might be given of this hier 
tain: but the space allotted will not admit of a more ex- 
‘ended neeount. Few men of any nation or tongue, con 
sidering the circumstances under which they were placed: 


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Ri. DAIS. hs PINE YS. 47 
possesscd vreater natural gilts than many of these suns 
of the forest; and had their descendants, as well as the 
other tribes of Indians, received that attention from the 
Church and the government to which they were justly 
entitled as the original inheritors of the soil, they might 
have remained strong and powerful to this day. but, 
alas! the doom of the entire race appears to be sealed, 
and in w few years the tide of Anglo-Saxon population 
will sweep them away, and nothing will be left to tell of 
their existence but the page of history. 


BiG=TR EB. 


Tris remarkable Indian was a chief of the Bear tribe. 
He was in almost every respect an extraordinary man. 
Above six feet in hight, symmetrical in proportions, and 
graccful in his movements, he at once impressed the eye 
of the beholder with an idea that he was in the presence 
of one of nature’s greatest sons. He had a Grecian cast 
of countenance, broad, expansive forehead, aquiline nose, 
and remarkably-regular features. ; 

When I beexme acquainted with him he was about 
eighty years of ave. He presented a somewhat singular 
appearance. The rims of his cars were cut, and the 
inner portion of them perforated, in which were hung 
many silver ornaments, such as the Indians have, from 
time immemorial, Locdies themselves with. The carti- 
lave of his nose also was perforated, from which de- 
pended a curiously-wrought. silver jewel. His hair was 


cut olf close to his head, with the exception of a small 


yoruon on his erown, which was Jony and plaited, in- 
closed in a silver tube. In other respects, he was dressed 
in the usunl Indian costume. ‘ 

Singular as was the appearance of this chicftain, no 


one could look upon his commandiny person without feel- 


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448 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 


nified form, or dimmed the fire of his dark, expressive 
eye, and his flank, manly, atfable manners at onee guined 
your eontidence. of ae 

IIe resided on the banks of the Sebdee ere the 
mission house. The small field, which he brought under 
a high state of cultivation, yielded him corn, beans, 
squashes, and other vegetables sufficient to supply Ais 
wants. In the center of this field stood his wigwam. lt 
was of singular construction. The materials out of which 
it was constructed were chiefly corn-stulks placed up on 
end like a shock, but much larger. dn the middle of this 
he eonsiructed his chimney, made of bark pealed from the 
trees. The chimney was set on poles, supported by four 
forks set so as to incline inward, and thus prove a brace 
to cach other, The bark was then wound around cach 
of these, and extended from one to the other so as to 
keep them in their place. The blades on the inside of 
the cornsstalks, forming the interior of the Indian dwell- 
ing. Were all earefully pesled off, while those on the out- 
side were all turned down, Se regularly and exaethy had 
all this been done that the whole dwelling was Ha perviots 
to water and perfectly warm in the soldinet weather. The 
only avenue through which light or air could be admitted 
was the door, which was small, and elosed witht baie 
His bed wes ten inches from the ¢round, and was con- 
structed as follows: Three logs wood three feet long 
sere laid crosswise, at proper distances, parallel to each 
wher. On these logs were placed pieces of pealed bark, 
‘nathwise, und over these were placed his skins and 
blankets. His pillow consisted of a small bandle of 
eovhes and bis tobseeo-pouch, The furniture of this 
rude dwelling was a brass kettle, some bark kettles, a 
wooden tray, and bark spoon. He had also a gun, toms 
hawk, and butcher-knife. Several horses, which got their 
living in the woods, belonged to him. 


REV. JAAS 8. LINTEY. 44.9 


Thus lived this venerable old man. Te passed, during 
his threeseore years and ten, through many vicissitudes 
of fortune. When but a boy he was in Braddock’s de- 
feat, and took a part in the scenes of war and carnage. 
IIe was also in the war with the southern Indians, where 
he was taken captive by the Cherokees, from whom he 
narrowly escaped with his life, and, after traveling more 
than three moons, finally succeeded in reaching his home. 
He was in all the battles fought by the nation with the 
whites, and was frequently wounded. He related to me 
several thrilling accounts of hair-breadth escapes. From 
the testimony of others his daring and bravery were un- 
equaled in the annals of savage warfare. s 

But what gives to the character of this intrepid chief 
the greatest interest to the Christian is that he was the 
very first of his nation to embrace the religion of Christ. 
He was converted alone in the woods, and the history of 
that conversion I will leave him to tell in his own simple, 
native manner: “I felt so great a weight on my heart I 
thought it would crush me to death. T fell on my knees, 
and ericd out, ‘O Father, have pity on your child that 
you have kept till his legs and arms are stiff with pains, 
and his whole body is worn out. This load will throw 
me down, and I shall never rise again. The trees to me 
will never again blossom; the corn will never again rustle 
in my cars, and I shall no more behold the harvest. O, 
take this load from my heart, so that I can walk forth 
avain, and sce the beauty of the Great Spirit in the stars 
that, like wateh-fires, hold their places on the borders of 
the hunting-grounds beyond the great river? While I 
wis talking to the Great Spirit, my load was gone, and 
I felt young again. My heart was emptied of its loaa, 
and | felt light and happy, and could run like a deer in 
the chase.’ This son of the forest was a devoted servant 
ef God. In the winter of 1824 he was called to leave his 

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earthly tabernacle, and from his rude hut, on the banks 
of the Sandusky river, his freed spirit went up to that 
bright world where the saints of all ages and nations 


shall meet and live forever 


THE MYSTRALOUS INDIAN CHIEFTAIN AND HIS BRIDE. 


Oa a certain day there came to the mission staligian ac- 

companied by his bride, a chief from some unknown tribe, 
His 2ppearance and manners were such as to create quite 
a stir among the Indians of the village. The question in 
every mouth was, “Have you seen the strangers?” and 
many were the conjectures about their nativity, and the 
place of their residence. They were affable and commu- 
nicxtive, at least as much so as any civilized Indians, but 
to all the queries put to them by chicfs and others in 
regard to these points, they observed an unyielding 
silence. They were evidently in cultivation and refine- 
ment far above the ordinary standard of Indian charac- 
ter in general, 

They were invited not only to all the hospitalities of 
the villaxe, but to the festivities where young chiefs and 
dark-eved maidens vied with cach other in imitating thal 
dress und manners. 

The arrival of a Kossuth and a Jenny Lind among the 
Whites in one of our cities did not produce a greater sur 
amone the inhabitants In proportion to their numbers, than 
did the appearance of these mysterious stranvers In our 

qiuetand peaceful Indian village. To all the entreaties 
which were made to get them to partake of the festive 
en, they offered a respectful but firm declinature. In- 
decd, in this respect, they presented an anomaly in the 
Indian character rarely to be found, especially where they 
are assoriated with the whites. This, so far from lessen- 
ing, only increased the interest which they had ereated in 
the minds of all. They were looked up to as superior 


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beings, and such, in fact, they were in more respects than 

The chief was a perfect model of manly beauty, and 
decidedly the handsomest man I ever saw of any race or 
nation, His torm was erect, tall, and slender, but well- 
proporuoned. So graceful was his walk and so dignified 
his mien, that the Indians called him “the proud chief.” 
His features, though of the Indian cast, were remarkably 
regular and expressive. His eyes were not large, but 
dark and penetrating, and when a smile would play over 
his countenance he was perfectly fascinating. 

He was dressed in Indian costume, and the style of i 
indicated taste. The Indians usually dress fantastically, 
and hang about their person a prufusion of ornaments. 
Not to have some of them would be to renounce the In- 
dian style, and be, so to speak, entirely out of the fashion. 
The dress of the stranger chief would, therefore, from 
the necessity of the case, not be devoid of ornament. 
lis outer garments were made of the finest broadcloth. 
His cloak, or mantle, was ornamented with thirty silver 
crescents, half of which hung on his breast, and the 
remainder ornamented the back part of his dress. is 
head-band, which was richly and curiously wrought, was 
hung all round with beautiful silver pendants or drops. 
lis belt was of the richest wampum, interwoven with 
bends and porcupine quills. His leggins were decorated 
with horse-hair dyed red, most beautifwly fringed, and 
filled with silver pendants. His rifle-barrel and stock 
were inlaid with silver, wrought into many eurious de- 
vices. The blade, handle, and pipe of his tomahawk 
were also inlaid with silver. The very trappings of 
their horses, which were high-spirited, noble animals, 
were also in keeping with their costume. In fact. all 
their equipave, suddles, bridles, butfalo robes, and blank 
ets were highly and elaborately ornamented, 


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Notwithstending all this exterior ornament, oa close 
observer could discover in the thoughtful countenance 
of the chief that his mind was not engrossed by his dress 
sud ornaments. Tle was evitently above them as he was 
above his red brethren in cultivation and refinement; cand 
eould all the faets be known in regard to his mysterious 
history, it would, doubtless, be seen that he was cunder 
the influence of a purer spirit than that which pervaded 
the nation in general. His total abstinence from the ine- — 
briating eup, and his unwillingness to engage in the wild 
and boisterous sports and festivities of the Indians, to- 
gether with his studied silence in regard to every thing 
Delongins to his kindred and lJoeality—all these, while 
they exeited a world of curiosity and conjecture, also 
would Jead one to the eonelusion that he had become 2 
Christian. This, however, is reserved for that great day 
when all mysteries shall be revealed, when what is now 
unknown and deeply buried in the humen heart beyond 
the penetrating ken of mortals, or what the waters of 
OWivion have washed away from the reeords of the world 
and the meniory of man, shall be revealed and restored. 

The youny and beautiful bride of “the proud” chief 
tain was perhaps, if possible, still more an object of at-— 
traction and wander, She was courted and caressed by 
the village maidens, and many a young chief eulled wild- 
flowers from the banks of the Sandusky, with which he 
mule garlands to decorate her hair. As her chief was a 
inode! of manly beanty, so was she no Tess a specnaiee 
of beauty to the fairer sex; aia 

Her skin was not dark he the Indian; but she was, 
perhaps, what might he walled a brunette. Nos this doos 
not deserihe her color, if, indecd, it ean be deseribed, Tt 
was Clear and transparent, though tinged with hrown, 
Her hair was dark amd glossy as the raven, and, wheb 
not inessed in ber silver band, fell in rich and anasiy 


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Poy beer her be: antifully-rounled shoulders. Her 
eyes were soft and blue, with dark arches and lids, which 
gave her great beauty of expression. Ter teeth were 
white and recular, and there was a bewitching sweetness 
about her looks thot caused all the maidens to love her. 
ffer person was tall, a little above medium hight, and 
perfecily symmetrical, She wore a dress richly embroid- 
ered and decorated with jewels, which yave her a ma- 
nifieent appenrance. Her morning dress, or dishbille, 
consisted of a robe of red silk, profusely ornamenicd with 
silver, and inclosed at the neck with a Jarge silver clasp, 
while the waist was encircled with a zone of the same 
material. ew ladies in the most refined circles of soci- 
ety, in our larve cities, could be found who dressed more 
richly, or, perhaps, with better taste, than did the chief- 
tain’s bride. In her person she was a model of neatness, 
and there was an air of freshness and buoyancy about her 
that Indies pent up within the walls, and dust, and smoke 
of the city could scarcely hope to acquire. 

This mysterious couple did not pitch their tent with the 
other Indians, but selected a spot a short distanee from 
the village. Their tent was composed of the finest mate- 
rials, and furnished in a style perfectly in keeping with 
every thing else that belonged to them, None knew 
where they came from or to what nation they belonved, 
though it was generally believed that the uibe to which 
they belonged had become extinet. and that they were 
the “hast of a nation which had been numbered with the 
forgotten dead. Rumor, also, with her attentive exr and 
ready tongue, said that the proud chicftain’s wile was a 
daughter of General Butler, that she had been reared in 
aillaenec, and enjoved all the advantages of a polite edu- 
ention and the refinements of a fashionable life: but that, 
like a eaged bird, when opportunity presented itself, she 
flew to her beloved wildwood, and, uniting herself with 


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her early love, they songht together a home am ng a : 
peaceful and semi-Christian Wyandotts. : a 

In matters connected with the interests of oe 1 eg ion | 
they both took a lively interest, though they never united 
with the Church. There may hare been reasons for this 
course, Which to a highly-cultivated Indian, who, never- _ 
theiess, retained his Indian prejudices, were qpite satisfac~ 
tory. Certain it is that they were governed in all. 
deportment and intercourse with the villagers by the ; 
strictest integrity and kindness. ercra 

The same mystery which huny so impenetrable a vail 
over their history, as deeply and darkly shrouded their 
fate. Whither they went, none knew—-what became of 
them, none could tell. Many were the Indian surmises 
regarding them, Some of the more superstitious thought 
they were spirits sent back from the great spirit-land, and 
that their dress and equipage, their horses and dogs were 
such as the Great Spirit would bestow upon the Bond 
Indian when he died. 

Another conjecture, however. was, perhaps, the more 
plausible. DT have betore remarked that they did not asso- 
elate but little with their Indian neighbors, and many 


were heard to say of the ehief, + Tle too proud to be with 


Tadian.’ The eonjecture to which J allude was, thar a 
porty of them, tilled with envy, as were the brethren of 
Joseph in olden tune, conceived the horrid idea of puting 
them to death. If this supposition be correct, so skill- 
ially did they plan and carry into execution the deed of 
darkness, that ne one knows to this day the place of their 
araves. The Indians were as eareful to conceal che 
graves of those they hated in life as they were solicitows 
of their death. There is among them a tradition that 
tmessenger-birds can be sent with the blessings of friends | 
to the spirit-land. Their mode was tw take uiledaed 
birds and cage them tll they were able to fly; and then, 


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taking them to the grave, after kissing, caressing, and 
loading them with blessings, they set them at liberty, that 
they might fly away with their messages to the spirit- 
land. Knowing that the young chief and his blue-eyed, 
beautiful companion were beloved by many of the nation, 
and that their graves would be dear to them, they, per- 
haps, resolved that some deep glen or water-filled cavern 
in the dark river should forever seclude them from human 
vision. 


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NOTE. 

L HAV’ many rersiniscences concerning the Indians which have never 
yet been published, and which can not be inserted in this volume. At 
vome future day, shonld Providence spare my life, L may be able to give 
them to the public. Till then I bid my readers an affectionate adieu. 


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